Amarii Davu - The Cost of Melanin lyrics

[Hook: Amarii Davu] Maybe if I was light enough They would think I was bright enough Maybe if I was light enough They would think I was bright enough [Verse 1] Maybe if I was light enough They would think I was bright enough Look at here, got your lights up Mr. Officer, I'm just Being who I'm destined, f** arresting I got a question I ain't got no damn weapon Why you k**ers in my presence hounding? Bullydogging on my brothers and sisters Pushing hope or pushing dope You just see n***as and n***as You see targets for triggers, you see gangstas and b**hes I see pussies with pistols and badges, hidden intentions If they k** me for that sentence, sorry that you was guilty I cannot hide the truth, man When you feel it, you feel it What? I'm blasting music to escape all the ig'nance Looking out the bus window, seeing all this division It hit my mind, you either pimped or you pimpin' I hit the grind, these coppers can't catch me slippin' Got a pound of that c**aín in my throat when I'm spittin' And now they're telling me freeze Freedom of speech is a b**h and Damn [Hook] Maybe if I was light enough They would think I was bright enough Maybe if I was light enough They would think I was bright enough