Its one of those moments where my brain says,
"Oh bOy! you got mid-terms coming up? better studY!!"
BUT THEN
"Ooooooooooor! I could just record music!
And that's how I decided to redo my rendition of Big Black's "Passing Complexion",
The original cover wasn't that good...
So here's a better version!
Song about passing racial identity,
"...in certain circumstances, a man could prefer to lose his entire heritage, when another more comfortable one presents itself. especially if he plays piano. especially if it's 1926.
Nowadays we can see talk show panels composed of people who have to tell people they're black because they're pale, don't look like the "black" archetype, and therefore miss out on all the racism they're entitled to. If someone can be "black" by proclamation, then the term is as meaningless now as it was in the 1920s..."
( source of quote: http://www.petdance.com/actionpark/.....omplexion.php)
Lyrics:
She was his
She would take his children
Black and white
Right to her own breast
There were times
When he could mix
With ordinary white company
And if the subject never came up
No one would notice
He had what they call passing complexion
He had what they call passing complexion
He had what they call passing complexion
He had what they call passing complexion
He'd been white, he'd been black
They asked him, black like that?
Yeah!
"Oh bOy! you got mid-terms coming up? better studY!!"
BUT THEN
"Ooooooooooor! I could just record music!
And that's how I decided to redo my rendition of Big Black's "Passing Complexion",
The original cover wasn't that good...
So here's a better version!
Song about passing racial identity,
"...in certain circumstances, a man could prefer to lose his entire heritage, when another more comfortable one presents itself. especially if he plays piano. especially if it's 1926.
Nowadays we can see talk show panels composed of people who have to tell people they're black because they're pale, don't look like the "black" archetype, and therefore miss out on all the racism they're entitled to. If someone can be "black" by proclamation, then the term is as meaningless now as it was in the 1920s..."
( source of quote: http://www.petdance.com/actionpark/.....omplexion.php)
Lyrics:
She was his
She would take his children
Black and white
Right to her own breast
There were times
When he could mix
With ordinary white company
And if the subject never came up
No one would notice
He had what they call passing complexion
He had what they call passing complexion
He had what they call passing complexion
He had what they call passing complexion
He'd been white, he'd been black
They asked him, black like that?
Yeah!
Category Music / Rock
Species Human
Size 114 x 120px
File Size 4.66 MB
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