Name: I Am Not Your Negro
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: Obviously this song was inspired by the film of the same name by Raoul Peck and less obviously - in a premonition - by the film "Get Out" by Jordan Peele. If it bugs you, then it's about you. Regardless: enjoy.

I Am Not Your Negro

from How Bigger Was Born by Bryan Thomas

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Obviously this song was inspired by the film of the same name by Raoul Peck and less obviously - in a premonition - by the film "Get Out" by Jordan Peele. If it bugs you, then it's about you. Regardless: enjoy.

lyrics

When was the last time that you were the only one in the room who looked like you?

Did you not see color?
Were you looking for another?
Were you feeling kinda desperate?
Were you looking for the exit?
A victim of your circumstance?
Were you angry?
Were you anxious?
Were you scared?

Or: did you dance?

Let me see you dance.

Did you question their intensions?
Were you on some kind of mission
to make them understand your condition
and the fact of your existence?
Did you take the time to listen?

Or: was it beautiful?

Did you stay until the end?
Did you want to tell your friends?
Did you feel a sense of pride
just for being in the room and alive?

Well: I am not your negro.

credits

from How Bigger Was Born, track released February 24, 2017
Vox and bass by BT. Beat samples of Joey Waronker courtesy Loop Loft. Horn and string samples via Logic Pro X.

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Bryan Thomas Albany

Nippertown’s Greg Haymes says Albany soul rocker BRYAN THOMAS's "writes smart, and he writes from the heart, balancing intellect, passion and politics.”

The Times Union named him“Best Male Singer-Songwriter” shortly after he released his acoustic hip-hop debut Radio Plastic Jennifer in 1999. The follow-up soul rock epic Ones and Zeros was Metroland Magazine’s “Album of the Year” in 2002. ... more

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