Privilege Escalation - Com Truise

Now nod your head and wake up I see so many people lost who really try to pretend But am I just another white boy who has caught on to the trend When I take a step to the mic is Hip-Hop closer to the end? 'Cause when I go to shows the majority have white skin They marketed the windmill, the air flair and head spin And white rappers albums really get the most spins The face of hip hop has changed a lot since Eminem And if he's taking away black artists' profits I look just like him Claimed a culture that wasn't mine, the way of the american Hip-Hop is gentrified and where will all the people live It's like the Central District, Beacon Hill to the South End Being pushed farther away because of what white people did, now Where's my place in a music that's been taken by my race Cultural appropriated by the white face and we don't want to admit that this is existing So scared to acknowledge the benefits of our white privilege 'Cause it's human nature to want to be part of something different Especially when your ancestors are european christians And most whites don't want to acknowledge this is occurring 'Cause we got the best deal, the music without the burden Of being black in a system that really wants you to rock 'Cause all you need is a program and you can go and make Hip-Hop And we hate the mainstream cause we're the ones that took it Now we listen to Aesop Rock and wear t-shirts that say Brooklyn But it's not about black and white, right? I mean, good music is good music regardless of what you look like But when you don't give them props isn't that selfish? That's like saying rock was actually started by Elvis So where does this leave me? I feel like I pay dues but I'll always be a white MC I give everything I have when I write a rhyme But that doesn't change the fact that this culture's not mine But I'm gonna be me so please be who you are This is something that's effortless and shouldn't be hard I said I'm gonna be me, so please be who you are But we still owe 'em 40 acres now we've stolen their 16 bars Hip-Hop started off in a block that I've never been to To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'm not keeping it true, nope Hip-Hop started off in a block that I've never been to To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'm not keeping it true, I'm not keeping it true Now I don't rap about guns, so they label me conscious But I don't rap about guns 'cause I wasn't forced into the projects See, I was put in the position where I could chose my options Blessed with the privilege that my parent's could send me to college Now, who's going to shows? The kids on the block starving? Or the white people with dough that can relate to my content? Marketed the music now adapted to the lifestyle What happened to jazz and rock 'n' roll is happening right now Where's my place in the music that's been taken by the media With white corperations controlling what their feeding ya I brought up Aesop Rock but I'm not even dissing dude We love Hip-Hop and what do you think caucasians are listening to? And I speak freely when I write this If a black emcee examined race there goes half their fan base, white kids And this is so true And we didn't even have to fight the system, we just went and picked up the microphone too And we got good at it so we should be rapping But only supporting them is like burning Jimmy and buying Clapton, now Clapton's incredible but no Jimmy no foundation So here comes history and the cultural appropriation White kids with do rags trying to practice their accents From the suburbs to the upperclass mastering a language But Hip-Hop is not just memorizing words It's rooted in authenticity something you literally can't learn But I'm gonna be me so please be who you are It's something that's effortless and shouldn't be hard I said, I'm gonna be me so please be who you are But as I'm blessed with the privilege, they're still left with the scars Come on Hip-Hop started off in a block that I've never been to To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'm not keeping it true, nope Hip-Hop started off in a block that ive never been to To counter act a struggle that I've never even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'm not keeping it true, I'm not keeping it true

Enjoy your privileged life 'Cause I'm not gonna hold you through the night We said our last goodbyes So let's just try to end it with a smile And I don't wanna hear that you are suffering You are suffering, no more 'Cause I held you down when you were suffering You were suffering Blues away, way, way I got two red pills to take the blues away Blues away, way, way I got two red pills to take the blues away And I'ma fuck the pain away, and I know I'll be okay They said our love is just a game, I don't care what they say And I'ma drink pain away I'll be back to my old ways And I got two red pills to take the blues away (blues away), oh (I don't wanna hear that you are suffering) (You are suffering, no more) (I don't wanna hear that you are suffering) (No more) (You are suffering, no more) (I don't wanna hear that you are suffering) I don't wanna hear (You are suffering, no more) no more, no (I don't wanna hear that you are suffering) (You are suffering) (Oh-oh, yeah)

I'm just standing here, lookin' at the man in the mirror You good? Ahah, nigga, I'm great Ayy, nigga, talk your shit, Doc Dre Yeah, I see the way the game played Nigga like me put the hood on that walk of fame Fingerprints of Eazy-E still stain the brain Gang-bang relationships, no need to name names Black Mamba mentality, shit, it's time to ball (yeah) All my niggas on the yacht with me Amistad (yeah) Custom made hip-hop, nigga, watch the roof, cuh It's a hard pill to swallow, baby, Juice WRLD (big shot) Big shot, big shot, now who the killer? Sendin' pirates to your block, boy, Captain Phillips (brrat) Got L.A on my back, boy, it takes a village We deserve to be on top, boy, black privilege (uh) Saint Tropez fuck up the whole day Ice Cube sittin' by the Doc, O'Shea (heheh) C-notes under the couch with the old face Shit, I'm headin' to Puffy's house, a million dollars a plate (blah) Comin' in, Airforce, Uncle Sam Quit worryin' about the other man Pay taxes in rubber bands Last night, in a chess game Nigga walked away with a hundred grand Pussy poppin', billin' shit, killin' shit, Son of Sam Multi-billion dollar check on you fuckboys Livin' life, Fisher Price, I got enough toys My legacy is undefeated, call that bitch Floyd I gave my blood to this shit, you welcome, enjoy Gang money, J money Yeah, we got plate money I don't know what's on the way for me Give a fuck, I stay hungry No better feelin' in the world than that- Brinks truck when it's pullin' in Hit the box like clockwork, y'all talk work, we put it in What the fuck? (woo) I like it like that, baby workin' that back (woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo) She don't know how to act (yeah) Say somethin', say somethin' Shake somethin', shake somethin' Haha, excuse me while I kiss the sky I just called a lick, watch me shake somethin' (shake somethin') You a thick bitch, better shake somethin' (shake somethin') Let's get rich, time to break somethin' (shake somethin') Shake somethin' (shake somethin') Shake somethin' (woo) I'm movin' like a big fish, watch me bake somethin' (ah-uh) Titanic drip, nigga, say somethin' (ah-uh) Fuck them politics and all that fake stuntin' Shake somethin' (shake somethin') Shake somethin' (shake somethin') C'mon (woo) I like it like that, baby workin' that back (woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo) She don't know how to act (yeah) Back with that rat-tat-tat-tat That dressed in all black That stepped the fuck back shit (move) That grown man shit, it's workin' That's a bad bitch, that's perfect That shit right there is worth it That's my sedative (yeah) That's my sedative (yeah) H-H-Hol' up, (hahaha) a fuckin' minute You gon' have to run this shit back right now, nigga Right the fuck–, run it back DJ, that's selecta Run the bloodclat chune