This Is My White Voice - Tune-Yards, Lyrics Born, Lateef The Truthspeaker

It’s called the white voice

I guess I’m… a natural at it

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

I drink peppermint tea to keep my pipes moist

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

What a time to be alive, this is the high point

Uh, who am I?

Good question

Wait a minute, who are you?

Code-switching like a motherfucker

Thumbs up, super cool

Sealed copy, original pressing

Virgin vinyl, hoopskerdo

Cashew milk, turmeric juice

Bamboo shoots and super food

Come on, don’t hate the player, you would do it, too

If it’ll get me a loan, get me a home, get me a Subaru

A chocolate labrador, a Tahoe cabin or

Camping, hiking, mountain climbing

Kathmandu and Ecuador

Hey, buddy, don’t judge me

Deep down, I’m still your ninja, mane

Again, don’t hate the player

Come on, now, hate the Jenga game

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

I drink peppermint tea to keep my pipes moist

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

What a time to be alive, this is the high point

How much of you can you give 'til you break?

How much of you gettin' used can you take?

All of these man-made things that we make

How many of them for your soul’s a fair trade?

Or maybe just a piece, pound of flesh from your face

Maybe your voice, trade treble for bass, I mean

It’s your choice, at least that’s what they say

As long as you can do the job and get paid (And get paid)

Code-switch, notice the flow is gorgeous

As long as your point of view is corporate

You’ll be supported unless there’s some orphans

Then you’ll get sacrificed, your career murdered

So that those that came before you can go further

Hold up the status quo that they’ve courted

On their knees, all needs go unnoticed

All good deeds exploited and then punished

Gone are the times when the TVs were black and white

Largely defined of the feeling that white was right

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

I drink peppermint tea to keep my pipes moist

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

What a time to be alive, this is the high point

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

I drink peppermint tea to keep my pipes moist

This is my white voice, this is my white voice

What a time to be alive, this is the high point