Don´t Call Me White

Don´t Call Me White

Nofx
(album: Punk In Drublic)

Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white
Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white

The connotations wearing my nerves thin
Could it be semantics generating the mess we´re in?
I understand that language breeds stereotype
But what´s the explanation for the malice, for the spite?

Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white
Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white

I wasn´t brought here, I was born
Circumsized, categorized, allegiance sworn,
Does this mean I have to take such shit
For being fairskinned? No!
I ain´t a part of no conspiracy,
I´m just you´re average Joe.

Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white
Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white

Represents everything I hate,
The soap shoved in your mouth to cleanse the mind
The vast majority of sheep
A buttoned collar, starched and bleached
Constricting veins, the blood flow to the brain slows
They´re so fuckin´ ordinary white

Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white
Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white

We´re better off this way
Say what you´re gonna say
So go ahead and label me
An asshole cause I can
Accept responsibility, for what I´ve done
But not for who I am

Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white
Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white
Don´t call me white, Don´t call me white