Open Mike Eagle - Smiling (Quirky Race Doc) lyrics

[Hook] It's all fine and dandy when the show starts Before then, avoided like a ghost fart I get "what up"s and nods but for the most part Nobody smiles at me cause I'm a black man Until the show starts Before then, avoided like a ghost fart I get "what up"s and nods but for the most part Nobody smiles at me cause I'm a black man [Verse 1] I know full well every white's not a racist But every black man's not a s**-crazed rapist I was good in the hood In college I was ruined While walking I a**umed you acknowledge the other humans Try to walk big with my chin bone lifted up Overcompensating like I really don't give a f** Today I saw a lady say hi to a stranger Then avoid my eyes like I'm a white-person strangler Walking past voters in a democratic blocks that hit The windows and the automatic locks if not Reparations give me free black therapy And tell people you're scared of them it makes them act scarily I don't want you, your purse or you pocket book Them dumb yoga pants, boots or fur with the octopus Trust, I'm not trying to polish your toes Take your wallet and phone, or follow you home [Hook] [Verse 2] And to the guys in the flip-flop squad Nobody needs your patronizing hip-hop nod Just be a person That's the bottom line be a person And f** the rhyme scheme this time just be a person And I can be a person too And we can be people still The validation and the need to feel equal The dominating culture gets to choose from many Modes of expression and reflection of the path that they done chose And my perception is froze Like a caveman lawyer advocating for myself While trying to seem dumber than I is Tired of thinking about this biz I'm just trying to build a bridge for my goddamn kid So the first time if ever his reputation slid It could actually be for something that he did [Hook] [Verse 3] A hundred police wanna sing one song But only one gets the key When a hundred police wanna sing one song Somebody's gotta intervene Now I'm not running for congress I got no platform or a plan But when a hundred police wanna sing one song All the people stop giving a damn