lirik lagu lachi - that kinda black
tryna tell them that i ain’t that kinda black kid
tryna tell them i don’t say the word n~gga
but it turns out when you in the wrong place
you the wrong shade
they’a still pull the trigga
tryna tell them that i ain’t that kinda black kid
tryna tell them i don’t say the word n~gga
but it turns out when you in the wrong place
you the wrong shade
they’a still pull the trigga
they sold me a dream just to cross me
said “be anything you could possibly”
i built up esteem and it cost me
code~switch, a wig and some jeans and some falsies
and it was costly
my momma a chief and my daddy a chief
and they flew here to pick up the boss ring
head down and be patient while paving the way
for the next generation of royalty
not to focus on it but this broken promise
of exceptionomics
had them leave the mansion of the home tropics
and they’re still tryna pull out the draw string
with seven children in a ghetto tenement
momma told us we was better than it
kept us sheltered away from the hood matters
taught us good manners
like it would matter when we moved out of there
onto suburbian premises
never knew i could miss chocolate so much
even at seven i knew that this white heaven
meant it was time to grow up
time to low how i show up
how i glow up
soon as i got off the bus
they like, “they not like us”
and it never let up, ain’t no time to fret up
made a promise to these chiefs and intend to keep it
eat foo foo in secret
gotta walk like em, talk like em
pillage like a hawk like em, and you’re sure to blow up
with white colleges and white friends
to the white collar with the white picket fence
blue sky, green grass, green money
but this green envy got me yellow in my tummy
fellow neighbors looking bummy
i sway “h~llo” looking stunning
ciao bella, cute and cunning
gotta stay luxury, don’t got the luxury
not to stand on number one~ing
why come my elders and they grandkids
came here for the promise like they mans did?
and i did the thing right
got the dream spot, got the dream job
got the cream crop, went the clean route
still they acting like i had them cleaned out
read the instructions on how to be about it
when out and did, done tryna read about it
did all i had to to be the perfect token
built all i have though they called me broken
my american dream, no more wish and hoping
still i walk down the street one eye open
d~mn
tryna tell them that i ain’t that kinda black kid
tryna tell them i don’t say the word n~gga
but it turns out when you in the wrong place
you the wrong shade
they’a still pull the trigga
tryna tell them that i ain’t that kinda black kid
tryna tell them i don’t say the word n~gga
but it turns out when you in the wrong place
you the wrong shade
they’a still pull the trigga
i wasn’t the poster child
never had the dopest style
didn’t know i was supposed to smile
all my siblings was lawyers and judges while i was jus blowing trial
sh~t wild
i was left alone and tried to use the streets as my stepping stone
mama said “with this mess you on
just remember you can’t pick ya pigment baby
but you can set the tone.”
just to make it from night to day
i gotta move precise or there could be a price to pay
wins come but they might betray
said the road to success isn’t righteous so right ya way
realized i had voices to shake
seen the consequences of the choices i make
and no i can’t receive the rejoice if it’s fake
it’s hard to drown the noise and not poison the lake
but i knew better only cuz my pops taught me how to do better
now i’m in the white benz with the new leather
and taught me how to keep my face off a newsletter
now i’m eating brie cheese with the bruschetta
you know life gettin good when the food better
til you get pulled over ain’t no true measure
of how to verify you when the boys in blue check ya
to prove whether it wasn’t concerning keys
i really had to earn degrees
still they ready to turn and squeeze
strange fruit hanging from the trees
they was burning our seeds
‘for i knew bout the birds and bees
it’s perspective
you either a p~wn or something to invest in
i’m turning you on to something to connect with
to progress with so even if we don’t receive the love, we’re respected
tryna tell them that i ain’t that kinda black kid
tryna tell them i don’t say the word n~gga
but it turns out when you in the wrong place
you the wrong shade
they’a still pull the trigga
tryna tell them that i ain’t that kinda black kid
tryna tell them i don’t say the word n~gga
but it turns out when you in the wrong place
you the wrong shade
they’a still pull the trigga
d~mn
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