and of this there's little doubt
No, I don't wanna be this way
This is how America raised me
And you're probably exactly the same
In college I had a black friend
He was cool and if you asked him
What it was like to be a black man
He would laugh and say, let's pretend
That every single person you see
Yeah, that's what it's like
Every single day of my life
I said, come on, don't you think
And she just shook his head
Yeah, that's what the cop said
Nervous, there's little doubt
Now, I don't wanna be this way
This is how America raised me
And you're probably exactly the same
When I can't clean my apartment
Sometimes I have to outsource it
That's when Carlos and Zoe come
To do the job that I can't get done
Oh, but before they arrive,
Valuable things I want them to find
The lengths to which some
Then one time I found a hundred
With a note that kindly read
I found this under your bed
And of this, there's little doubt
Oh, I don't wanna be this way
This is how America raised me
Don't try to change and you're
probably exactly the same
Cause I just could not breathe
To see people differently
I looked at other things to blame
And cast down their names in shame
But the problem always ended
And of this there's little doubt
But I am trying to change it
Every time it rears it s head about
Cause I don't wanna be this way
and the role that I've played
I am a racist, yes, but I can't es cape it, yes
I haven't really been trying my best
but I can't escape it, yes
Cause I have it breathing,
