Color of My Skin

Writers / Producers: Michael James, Morris LeGrande
Featuring:  Walter Heath & Jason Cropper

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How come the color of my skin
Gives me a pass when you don't get in? 
We're basically the same
Check out our DNA
I'm free to do what I please
You're face down being choked beneath a knee 
That's nothing new to me
It's exactly what you see
People killed because they’re black
Thoughts and prayers will never bring 'em back 
We marched for Civil Rights
Too many of us died
How come they offer me a job
When you can't even go out for a jog? 
Come with me, let's walk
We really need to talk

I just want to do some good 
But don't know where to start 
I'll come to your neighborhood
We can have a heart to heart 
About the sins built in
To the color of my skin

How come we in the same band
I get all the money when you holding out your hand? 
The double standard rules
They take me for a fool
How can we ever get real
When open wounds never get the chance to heal? 
Are you reaching out? - I'll give you
The benefit of the doubt
How come when you protest
"White-splaining" people make everything a mess? 
And then I go to sleep
While orphaned parents weep
What kind of garden would we have
If every single flower looked the same? 
It's much more interesting
When colors bloom in spring

I truly want to do some good 
But don't know where start
I'll come to your neighborhood 
We can have a heart to heart 
About the sins built in
To the color of my skin 
About the sins built in 
To the color of my skin

I watched them take his life 
And now I'm so ashamed 
My privilege is white
My denial blood red stained I'm full of residue
Of old systemic views
But I commit to change 
Better yet, I'll be the change

I truly want to do some good 
But don't know where start
I'll come to your neighborhood 
We can have a heart to heart 
About the sins built in
To the color of my skin
About the sins built in 
To the color of my skin

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