Heritage of Arrogance Lyrics by Adeem the Artist
Adeem the Artist Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I grew up on Thomas Fight, it was lined with rebel flags
Mom and dad tried to teach me wrong from right, but their compasses were bad
I saw the Klan once with a child's eyes down the street where I would play
And angry Black people on the other side of the road with clenched fists raised
Two sides of a coin, the Klan and the APC
That's the kind of bullsh*t our daddies said to you and me
[Chorus]
But I've been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I'vе been learning our true history and I hate it
Two sidеs of a coin implies there ain't no better side
It says racism and justice are equally justified
And I know I didn't ask to be born white
Wasn't taught the world was so goddamn unjust, but it's on us to make it right
[Verse 2]
Well, I got saved at the Baptist Church when I said the sinner's prayer
Went to service with mama and they's only white people there
I saw Rodney King on the TV screen turn slowly into Trayvon
I heard my parents make excuses for the man who fired the gun
Two sides of a coin, Jesus Christ and white supremacy
Looking back, it don't make any sense to me
[Chorus]
But I've been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I've been learning our true history and I hate it
And two sides of a coin implies there ain't no better side
Says racism and justice are equally justified
I mean, I never worked the auction block or joined the Christian Knights
Never called someone a racial epithet at a traffic light
And I know we never asked to be born white
We were not taught the world was so goddamn unjust, but it's on us to make it right
Our inheritance is a heritage of arrogance and unchecked oppression
We can dismantle this if you can stand with us, siblings, our daddies never understood this lesson
And I swear that I don't mean that as a slight
They were not taught the world was so goddamn unjust, but it's on us to make it right
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