THE SKIN IM IN
In my skin you don’t know where I have been
In my skin you wouldn’t understand
What it takes to live in this country as a black man
Constantly on alert, for false imprisonment
False evidence placed that didn’t belong to me
200 years later and we’re still not free
Cant even swim in a pool without cops being called on me
But you brought me here stole my identity
A stolen country, built with forced labor
Give me a job, and you think you doing me favor
Working me harder for substandard wages
What really the solution, for the skin Im in
Bottom line its never, changing
Beneath this flesh is heart that beats like yours
There’s no difference, so what the hell are you
Fighting against me for?
Are you intimated, fearful, or just remiss
But whatever I am, injustice is the cause of this.
-LR-
In my skin you don’t know where I have been
In my skin you wouldn’t understand
What it takes to live in this country as a black man
Constantly on alert, for false imprisonment
False evidence placed that didn’t belong to me
200 years later and we’re still not free
Cant even swim in a pool without cops being called on me
But you brought me here stole my identity
A stolen country, built with forced labor
Give me a job, and you think you doing me favor
Working me harder for substandard wages
What really the solution, for the skin Im in
Bottom line its never, changing
Beneath this flesh is heart that beats like yours
There’s no difference, so what the hell are you
Fighting against me for?
Are you intimated, fearful, or just remiss
But whatever I am, injustice is the cause of this.
-LR-