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White Privilege Part 2
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Macklemore
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Pulled into the parking lot, parked it
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Zipped up my parka, joined the procession of marchers
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In my head like, "is this awkward?
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Should I even be here marching?"
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Thinking if they can't, how can I breathe?
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Thinking that they chant, what do I sing?
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I want to take a stance 'cause we are not free
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And then I thought about it, we are not "we"
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Am I in the outside looking in, or am I in the inside looking out?
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Is it my place to give my two cents?
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Or should I stand on the side and shut my mouth?
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"No justice, no peace," okay, I'm saying that
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They're chanting out, "black lives matter," but I don't say it back
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Is it okay for me to say? I don't know, so I watch and stand
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In front of a line of police that look the same as me
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Only separated by a badge, a baton, a can of Mace, a mask
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A shield, a gun with gloves and hands that gives an alibi
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In case somebody dies behind a bullet that flies out of the nine
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Takes another child's life on sight
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Blood in the streets, no justice, no peace
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No racist beliefs, no rest 'til we're free
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There's blood in the streets, no justice, no peace
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No racist beliefs, no rest 'til we're free
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Blood in the streets, no justice, no peace
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No racist beliefs, no rest 'til we're free
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There's blood in the streets, no justice, no peace
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No racist beliefs, no rest 'til we're free
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You've exploited and stolen the music, the moment
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The magic, the passion, the fashion, you toy with
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The culture was never yours to make better
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You're Miley, you're Elvis, you're Iggy Azalea
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Fake and so plastic, you've heisted the magic
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You've taken the drums and the accent you rapped in
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Your brand of hip-hop, it's so fascist and backwards
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That Grandmaster Flash'd go slap it, you bastard
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All the money that you made
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All the watered down pop-bullshit version of the culture, pal
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Go buy a big-ass lawn, go with your big-ass house
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Get a big-ass fence, keep people out
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It's all stolen, anyway, can't you see that now?
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There's no way for you to even that out
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You can join the march, protest, scream and shout
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Get on Twitter, hashtag and seem like you're down
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But they see through it all, people believe you now?
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You said publicly, "rest in peace, Mike Brown"
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You speak about equality, but do you really mean it?
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Are you marching for freedom, or when it's convenient?
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Want people to like you, want to be accepted?
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That's probably why you are out here protesting
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Don't think for a second you don't have incentive
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Is this about you, well, then what's your intention?
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What's the intention?
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What's the intention?
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"Pssst, I totally get it
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You're by yourself and the last thing you want to do is take a picture
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But seriously, my little girl loves you
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She's always singing, 'I'm gonna pop some tags'
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I'm not kidding, my oldest, you even got him to go thrifting
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And 'One Love,' oh my God, that song, brilliant
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Their aunt is gay, when that song came out
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My son told his whole class he was actually proud
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That's so cool, look what you're accomplishing
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Even the old mom like me likes it, 'cause it's positive
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You're the only hip-hop that I let my kids listen to
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'Cause you get it, all that negative stuff it isn't cool"
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(Yeah?) "yeah, like, all the guns and the drugs
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The bitches and the hoes and the gangs and the thugs
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Even the protest outside, so sad, and so dumb
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If a cop pulls you over, it's your fault if you run"
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(Huh?)
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Damn, a lot of opinions, a lot of confusion, a lot of resentment
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Some of us scared, some of us defensive
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And most of us aren't even paying attention
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It seems like we're more concerned with being called racist
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Than we actually are with racism
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I've heard that silences are action and God knows that I've been passive
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What if I actually read a article, actually had a dialogue
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Actually looked at myself, actually got involved?
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If I'm aware of my privilege and do nothing at all, I don't know
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Hip-hop has always been political, yes
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It's the reason why this music connects
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So what the fuck has happened to my voice if I stay silent when black people are dying
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Then I'm trying to be politically correct?
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I can book a whole tour, sell out the tickets
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Rap entrepreneur, built his own business
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If I'm only in this for my own self-interest, not the culture that gave me a voice to begin with
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Then this isn't authentic, it is just a gimmick
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The D.I.Y underdog, so independent
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But the one thing the American dream fails to mention
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Is I was many steps ahead to begin with
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My skin matches the hero, likeness, the image
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America feels safe with my music in their systems
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And it's suited me perfect, the role, I've fulfilled it
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And if I'm the hero, you know who gets cast as the villain
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White supremacy isn't just a white dude in Idaho
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White supremacy protects the privilege I hold
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White supremacy is the soil, the foundation, the cement and the flag that flies outside of my home
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White supremacy is our country's lineage, designed for us to be indifferent
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My success is the product of the same system that let off Darren Wilson, guilty
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We want to dress like, walk like, talk like, dance like, yet we just stand by
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We take all we want from black culture, but will we show up for black lives?
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We want to dress like, walk like, talk like, dance like, yet we just stand by
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We take all we want from black culture, but will we show up for black lives?
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Your silence is a luxury
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Hip-hop is not a luxury
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Your silence is a luxury
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Hip-hop is not a luxury
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Your silence is a luxury
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Hip-hop is not a luxury
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Your silence is a luxury
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Hip-hop is not a luxury
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What I got for me, it is for me
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What we made, we made to set us free
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What I got for me, it is for me
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What we made, we made to set us free
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What I got for me, it is for me
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What we made, we made to set us free
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