I grew up on Thomas Fight
It was lined with rebel flags
Mom and Dad tried to teach me wrong from right
But their compasses were bad

I saw the Klan once with a child's eyes
Down the street where I would play
And angry Black people on the other side
of the road with clenched fists raised

Just two sides of a coin, the Klan and the APC
That's the kind of bullshit that our daddies
said to you and me

But I been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
I been learning our truе history and I hate it
Two sides of a coin implies thеre ain't no better side
It says racism and justice are equally justified
And I know I didn't ask to be born white
Wasn't taught the world was so goddamn unjust
But it's on us to make it right

I got saved at the Baptist Church
When I said the sinners prayer
Came to service with momma
And they's only white people there

I saw Rodney King on the TV screen
Turn slowly into Trayon
I heard my parents make excuses
For the man who fired the gun

Two sides of a coin, Jesus Christ and White Supremacy
Looking back, it don't make any sense to me

But I been listening
Trying to keep myself from dismissing
Perspectives that I struggle to relate with
And I been learning our true history and I hate it
Two sides of a coin implies there ain't no better side
Says racism and justice are equally justified
I mean, I never worked the auction block
or joined the Christian Knights
Never called someone a racial epithet at a traffic light
And I know we never asked to be born white
We were not taught the world was
so goddamn unjust but it's on us to make it right

Our inheritance is a heritage of arrogance
and unchecked oppression
We can dismantle this if you can stand
with us- siblings, our daddies never understood this lesson
And I swear that I don't mean that as a slight
They were not taught the world was
so goddamn unjust but it's on us to make it right