Artist: MC Paul Barman Album: (((echo chamber))) Song: YOUNGMAN speaks on (((race))) Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com, MC Paul Barman "By today's standards, it may be important for some of you to know I am a white American To many this factor must be known before they can judge my ability in work" "By today's standards it may be important for some of you to know I am a white American" [MC Paul Barman] Race is a fake idea with real consequences Don't condescend like it's somethin you're on the fence with ("I am a white American") How come blacks got blue black, redbone, brown, and high yella And yet somehow there's only one type'a white fella? We should do shades of white based on crackers Like, "Yo, you know my friend Jon the actor?" Who? "You met him last night! Glasses, skin tone Saltine, nah mean?" But we can't risk it to call ourselves Triscuit or stoned wheat Once we acknowledge shades of white, most whites lose their seat White is a default, am I right? So is light-skinned Black but never dark-skinned white ("But we're proof that white and black can work together") ("As long as we're getting paid") Remember when Irish was black? Haha, that was rich Even Jimi Hendrix was treated like ish by his label He shot Electric Ladyland cover, they switched While I hold heat like a pita with nary a hitch "I'm not white I'm Italian" harkens to back when Swarthy was almost as unworthy as Black men Sorry hon, things change in a blink so Your privilege exists now even if you'd rather not think so "By today's standards, it may be important for some of you to know I am a white American To many this factor must be known before they can judge my ability in work" "By today's standards, it may be important for some of you to know I am a white American To many this factor must be known before they can judge my ability in work" "I am a white American" [MC Paul Barman] Gringo ink flow, voice memo or Moleskin Just cause you're repressed don't mean I should hold in I'd rather admit I don't do shit for the race wars than lie to myself bout my life, so face yours I'm hood but my white skin works to my benefit And I should but I don't fight for the end of it Since everyone else is like me, I'm not at the side but at the center of it Good thing my white tenant pays more rent in my tenement Since Charleston and so on, all bets are off Tiptoeing around hot button issues melts you cheddar soft So scared to be wrong, you can't ever get across... Atlantis went under, but not underwater Wonder where's the memorial, look where's plunder slaughter ("By today's standards it may be important for some of you to know I am a white American") Timbuktu wasn't forgotten in a day We gotta start talkin' or we're gonna rot and decay Jews speak the language of our privilege and genocide We've only recently been invited to dress up in their tennis whites What y'all know about Ashkenaz vs Sephardic? Some say MLK was agnostic Race is a lie, it just makes poor whites never taste of the pie Forget your feelings, deal with real things ("To many this factor must be known before they can judge my ability at work") To heal stings ("I am a white American") "But we're proof black and white can work together" "As long as we're getting paid"