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White Out

from BIG HOUSE by YAAWN

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lyrics

You can decorate your house in all white,
But you can't see the color of skin
White carpet, clean lines, modern design
Everything I see tells me
That white equals purity
Muted colors
Like the way you want me
Docile, quiet, white-washed
When white equals purity
It reigns supreme
When white equals purity
It's better than me.

Don't white me out
When white
Don't white me out
Equals purity

When I'm brown or I'm black
I stand out to people conditioned
not to see
I'm a smudge
I'm a stain
When white equals purity
When white equals purity
It's better than me.

People feel empowered
So emboldened we've become
But people still refuse to see
They think white equals purity

Subtly you rip me apart
Treat me different when you look at my different
Is this a race thing?
Or is it just me??
I guess I'll never know
Maybe I should change my hair
You tell me.

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from BIG HOUSE, released August 1, 2017

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