Phero Hill - Privilege Lyrics

A young boy from the 'burbs, I was sheltered as fuck
And I evaded conversation wasn't patient enough
My reality was focused on the scope of my lens
I even started to pretend that being Asian was rough
I was naïve I believed that we all had a choice
And if there's freedom in this speech it meant we all had a voice
See my parents never troubled with a way to provide
So I didn't understand the struggle of just tryna survive
I had privilege, but I was dismissive that it existed
Cause I didn't have a decision in pickin' my own position
But listen when I admit that there's fiction in my beginning
Cause pigment is what predicts where you fittin' within the system
It ain't a myth when we got the proof
How many more George Floyds do we got to lose
And how the fuck can we believe in the American Dream
If they ain't bothered by Breonna being buried asleep

Free speech, but they keep you silent
They sing peace, but we see the violence
The streets weep at the screams of sirens
Even when you cant breathe you should be compliant
Back up (back up)
Don't move (don't move)
Stand up (stand up)
Choke move (choke move)
Hands up (hands up)
Don't shoot (don't shoot)
Hands up (hands up)
Don't shoot (don't shoot)

Now we'll never be convinced this is the land of the free
When the oppression erases what opportunity brings
Another black live lost, they just rinse and repeat
'Cause the police don't feel the need of even lettin' 'em breathe
I guess a knee to the neck is how they serve and protect
And bein' black means you'll always live in fear that you're next
And they're expected to be loyal when we're shown the economy
Has been valued more than justice and providing equality
See y'all were livid when they kneeled for the anthem
They took it to the streets and y'all continued throwin' tantrums
And only mad about the lootin' instead
Of all the people we keep losin' cause they shootin' 'em dead
So we ain't lyin' quiet, we're rising up in defiance
A climate that's so divided, it took inciting the riots
To force y'all to stop ignoring, it's war before we conforming
How many more will we mourn until we're afforded reform, god damn

Free speech, but they keep you silent
They sing peace, but we see the violence
The streets weep at the screams of sirens
Even when you cant breathe you should be compliant
Back up (back up)
Don't move (don't move)
Stand up (stand up)
Choke move (choke move)
Hands up (hands up)
Don't shoot (don't shoot)
Hands up (hands up)
Don't shoot (don't shoot)