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Heritage of Arrogance

from White Trash Revelry by Adeem the Artist

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lyrics

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

credits

from White Trash Revelry, released December 2, 2022
Drums: Nooch
Bass: Craig Burletic
Lap Steel: Mya Byrne
Banjo: Jake Blount
Lead Guitar: Joy Clark
Harp: Lizzie No
Accordion & Synth: William Wright
Additional Vocals: Zach Russel, Jett Holden, Caleb Haynes, Lizzie No, Dale Mackey
Mandolin, Pedal steel: Ellen Angelico
Fiddle: Kristin Weber
Engineer: Robbie Artress
Producer: Kyle Crownover
Recorded at: Pink Moon Studios, Knoxville

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Adeem is a seventh-generation Carolinian, a makeshift poet, singer-songwriter, storyteller, and blue-collar Artist.

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