Steven Murtonen - America (It's Hard Being Black) lyrics

[Verse 1] This is my religion Have you ever had anybody ever say anything With any hint of obviously you and I are different That's the way we're separated by our parents Not their actions but their kids and their inheritance now it's apparent to me Though I'm green and no authority I was shy, naive, today it's obvious If there's an a**umption I safely make it's that in American I think it's hard being black [Chorus] In America, it's hard being black In America, there trying to bring us back In America, it's hard being black isn't it [Verse 2] Yeah you know I grew up on the streets, metaphorically at least More really I had a house that was very small, it was a box Then the bank tried to kick us out, I guess it wasn't small enough Who's gonna move in? A mouse, a louse? That'd be fitting That's how they viewed us living near any of their towns Why do laws already break? Why did Lazarus raise huh? How did we grow up in the same place? One country, but one thing really? The funding ain't coming to or from my runnings Wonder where we learned to be so violent and hungry, no history of that at all in this country You know where it's from, one goal for us America As far as I'm concerned it's deserved not earned How can I be livid? Yes I've checked my privilege Every box is filled in, I'm thinking of every moment I've been given But I might as well be foreign, check the numbers now the scores in My conclusion is of no use it's obvious that we're broken [Chorus] How can I be livid? Yes I've checked my privilege Every box is filled in, I'm thinking of every moment I've been given But I might as well be foreign, check the numbers now the scores in My conclusion is of no use it's obvious that we're broken [Chorus]