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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Adeem the Artist
Lead Vocals
Adeem Maria
Lead Vocals
Craig Burletic
Bass Guitar
Ellen Angelico
Keyboards
Giovanni Carnuccio III
Drums
Jason Hanna
Electric Guitar
Joy Clark
Electric Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kyle Bingham
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kyle Crownover
Producer
John Naclerio
Mastering Engineer
Robbie Artress
Mixing Engineer
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
Two sides of a coin, the Klan and the APC
That's the kind of bullshit our daddies said to you and me
But I've been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I'vе been learning our true history and I hate it
Two sidеs 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
Well, I got saved at the Baptist Church
When I said the sinner's prayer
Went to service with mama
And they's only white people there
I saw Rodney King on the TV screen turn slowly into Trayvon
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've been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I've been learning our true history and I hate it
And 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
Writer(s): Kyle Bingham
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