Testo Whitewashed - UyiosaEL
Testo della canzone Whitewashed (UyiosaEL), tratta dall'album Whitewashed - Single
Latimer's light and Granville's spark
Swallowed by a system operating in the dark
They didn't just steal the land, they stole the mind!
Left the real creators in the shadows far behind
They take the innovation, they stamp the legal name
And build a billion dollars on a fabricated fame
If it's brilliant and it's bright, they claim it as their own
And leave the actual architect with nothing but a bone!
If he's smart, they say he must be European!
If he's great, they change the face of what you're seeing!
They built a heavy ceiling just to keep the truth concealed...
But the paint is finally peeling, and the canvas is revealed!
Oh, they took the historical picture and cropped out the face!
They took all the genius and covered the trace!
They want the invention, but hide the inventor!
They take the whole stage, but they push us from center!
If he's saving the world, put a white man on screen...
While the real Black heroes die in the unseen!
Yeah, they whitewashed the pages, they whitewashed the walls...
But the truth is a tower that never really falls!
Hollywood is casting up the Pharaohs and the Kings
Making sure it's their faces on the beautiful things
They need a noble savior? They put him in the script
But if the man is Black, they make sure he gets stripped!
Look at the Hellfighters bleeding in the dirt!
Tuskegee Airmen catching bullets in the shirt!
We died for the freedom in the middle of the fight
But when they print the history... everything is white!
If he's smart, they say he must be European!
If he's great, they change the face of what you're seeing!
They built a heavy ceiling just to keep the truth concealed...
But the paint is finally peeling, and the canvas is revealed!
Oh, they took the historical picture and cropped out the face!
They took all the genius and covered the trace!
They want the invention, but hide the inventor!
They take the whole stage, but they push us from center!
If he's saving the world, put a white man on screen...
While the real Black heroes die in the unseen!
Yeah, they whitewashed the pages, they whitewashed the walls...
But the truth is a tower that never really falls!
We are not asking for a favor
We are not begging for a seat
We built the damn table
We laid the concrete!
The museum is a crime scene! The history is a heist!
But we are taking back the value, we are changing up the price!
Oh, they took the historical picture and cropped out the face!
They took all the genius and covered the trace!
They want the invention, but hide the inventor!
They take the whole stage, but they push us from center!
If he's saving the world, put a white man on screen...
While the real Black heroes die in the unseen!
Yeah, they whitewashed the pages, they whitewashed the walls...
But the truth is a tower that never really falls!
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Writer(s): Uyiosa Omoregbe
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