Yes yes [?]
Come on
Yeah yeah, come on
I'm just here to push limits
sh** scared of heights but I stay on top of the game
Just to say I did it
Show young black kids that you can live it
Free your mind with it
Be proud of your pigment
I wasn't for a while
Too many times vilified
For being a shade different
Started hating myself
And all dark skin, playing myself
Charlie Sheen, two and a half men
Remember after school
Train station
Busta "Break Ya Neck" blasting
From iPod Mini
Thankful cla** finished
So I could go and play Majora's Mask with
My little brother
When cops come up and start asking me
"Where you from? What you up to?"
"Oh, from Moorabbin?"
"That's half an hour from here. Not from around here
Boy what you selling
Where's your product?"
I hadn't even touched d** at this point
Except maybe a joint
But my skin fitted the description
So "oink oink had to be deployed
Next day at school told my friends the facts of how they treated the boy
They said I'm being crazy
'cos to them black voices white noise
That's the world that we living in
[Chorus: Jordan Rakei]
We seem to forget
The dark days of history yeah
Time will manifest
The endless possibility yeah
Open your eyes to see
The world is darker than it seems
So we dreaming on
(Dreaming on)
Enough with the crazy, crazy talk
Dave Chappelle taught me
The worst thing to call someone is crazy
Dismissing all the pain that plagues them in one word
Just to avoid confrontation with yourself
We prefer to sit on a chesterfield lounge
While microwaving
A meal by McCain and
Watching Australian Idol
Contestant failing
While the house that we're in is in flames
All because it's the routine
(I dunno know about that man)
So when they say too deep
I say, but it's a reality
You're too deep
'cos I'm just using eyes, ears and newsfeeds
To get up to speed
sh**, only those that don't read between the lines abuse these
Therefore I don't lose sleep
Because I'm well aware that's the world that we're living in
[Chorus: Jordan Rakei]
We seem to forget
The dark days of history yeah
Time will manifest
The endless possibility yeah
(The endless possibility)
Open your eyes to see
The world is darker than it seems
So we dreaming on
(Dreaming on)
Enough with the crazy, crazy talk
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes