Bambú - Whiteface lyrics

[Intro: Bambu] Uh Uh [Verse 1: Bambu] Another morning with my emails and my coffee mug Promoters like to hit me up with zero dollars offered up Like I'd just love to spend the money out my pocket To take time out my son's development for you to profit It's dope to do a show to raise awareness 'round a issue Or raise a little money to support a org to get through In a time when funds is low Trust, know how it go Give me something though If you think I can get 'em in the door You know, Phatty got a baby girl And groceries expensive, plus Both us work with youth And that income is non-existent We're in the industry of thievery by white hands Talking never do give you That Hollywood nonsense Sell out to a dollar Fit you inside a category Rather eat a bullet than to have somebody own me Or lead us to being selfish Not the way I was raised You need to share it with the hood That's what the uncle would say And that's the point that I make See if I had a white face You wouldn't trip Cuz it's been set up So we think that way They want that Chuck Berry swang But they want Elvis' face Fast-forward to the faces on that hip hop stage I'm seeing [Chorus: Bambu] Hip hop in whiteface Business in whiteface The standard of the beauty's truly rooted in whiteface So we look to the white face Pray to a white face I'd probably be a star if I was backed by a white face ×2 [Verse 2: Bambu] I see the comments, hear the critics, read the blogs Like "Bam is dope and all But somewhere in that catalogue He gotta get a record on the club scene Something for the radio He needs to market to a wider demographic circle." Uh, but i ain't make this record for you This for the kid who had to rip it off his CPU He's just like me He grew up watching white TV And tightens up when he be driving by the local PD I swear to y'all I've met with labels Booking agents galore They start the conversation off with how they love what I'm for They love how I rap "You k**ed it on that so-and-so track!" A bunch of bigging me up To get me right where they at Then counter every compliment with "Um, the thing of it is," Then it's "tone it down a bit so you don't scare the audience." I'm like why? 500 people at like 10 bucks each And after fees and all of that I get a couple of Gs I guess it's my fault For choosing to be moving through rap But the homies see the vision Shout to CKnow and Phat Shout to Lila and Messiah Sorry poppas is broke But when we leave at least we leave You knowin' daddy's that won't But fathers who could be making what get white kids hype But we make music that's for you to break the stereotype Without the leashes that's attached to those who exploit me Cuz they don't know what it's like to have to alter a dream To see the actors on the screen The superheroes on film And have to navigate around the fact they all white-skinned [Bridge: Bambu] Man, that's the world in whiteface Business in whiteface The standard of the beauty's truly rooted in whiteface Look to the white face Pray to a white face He'll probably be a star if he was backed by a white face That's hip hop in whiteface The business in whiteface The standard of the beauty's truly rooted in whiteface [Chorus] ×2 [Hook: Bambu] This ain't for y'all This for us You just post right here You wanna be a white ally? You can start right there You just need to be fair Share what your privilege throw And while I wait I'll make some music For the homies that know This ain't for y'all This for us You just post right here You wanna be a white ally? Start right there You just need to be fair Share what your privilege throw And while I wait I'll make some music For the homies that know [Outro: Bambu] This ain't for y'all This ain't for y'all Uh uh It's not for y'all This is for us ×4 Yeah