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
Just two sides of a coin, the Klan and the APC That´s the kind of bullshit that our daddies said to you and me But I been listening Trying to keep myself from dismissing Perspectives that I struggle to relate with I been learning our true history and I hate it Two sides 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
I got saved at the Baptist Church When I said the sinners prayer Came to service with momma And they´s only white people there
I saw Rodney King on the TV screen Turn slowly into Trayon 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
But I been listening Trying to keep myself from dismissing Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I been learning our true history and I hate it 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