Chords for Macklemore - White Privilege

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see so [Bb] many people lost who really [Cm] try to [Gm] pretend
But am I just another white boy who's caught [Cm] on to the trend
[Gm] When I take a step to the mic is hip-hop [Cm] closer to the end
[Gm] Cause when I go to shows the majority have white skin
They marketed the windmill, the air [Cm] flare and head [Gm] spin
And white rappers albums really get [Cm] the most [Gm] spins
The face of hip-hop has changed a [Cm] lot since [Gm] Eminem
And if he's taking away black artists profits I look just like him
Claim the culture that wasn't mine, the way [Cm] of the American
[Gm] Hip-hop is gentrified and where will all [Cm] the people [Gm] live
It's like the central district, Beacon Hill [Cm] to the south [Gm] end
Being pushed further away because of what white people did
Now, where's my place in the music [Cm] that's been [Bb] taken by my race
Cultural appropriated [Cm] by the white [Gm] face
And we don't want to admit that [Cm] this is [Gm] existence
Still scared to acknowledge the benefits of all white privilege
Cause it's human nature to want to be part [Cm] of something [Gm] different
Especially when your ancestors are [Cm] European [Gm] Christians
And most whites don't want to acknowledge [Cm] this is occurring
[Gm] Cause we got the best deal, the music without the burden
Of being black in a system that really [Cm] wants you to rock
[Gm] Cause all you need is a program and you can go [Cm] and make hip [Gm]-hop
If you hate the mainstream, cause we're [Cm] the ones that took [Gm] it
Now we listen to A$AP Rock and wear t-shirts that say Brooklyn
But it's not about black [Eb] and white, right?
I mean good music is good music regardless [Cm] of what you look [Gm] like
But when you go give them props [Cm] isn't that [Gm] selfish?
That's like saying rock was actually started by Elvis
So where does this leave [Cm] me?
I feel [Gm] like I pay dues but I'll always be [Cm] a white [Gm] MC
I give everything I have when [Cm] I write a [Gm] rhyme
But that doesn't change the fact that this culture's not mine
But I'm gonna be me so please [Cm] be who you [Gm] are
This is something that's effortless and it shouldn't [Cm] be hard
[Gm] I said I'm gonna be me so please be [Cm] who you are
[Gm] But we still own 40 acres, now we've stolen their 16 bars
Hip-hop started off on a block that I've never been to
To counteract this struggle that I've [Cm] never even been [Gm] through
If I think I understand it's because I'm low too
That means I'm not keeping it true
Nope
Hip-hop started off on a block that [Cm] I've never been [Gm] to
To counteract this struggle that I've never [Cm] even been [Gm] through
If I think I understand it's [Cm] because I'm low [Gm] too
That means I'm not keeping it true
I'm not keeping it true
Now I don't rap about guns so they [Cm] label me cautious
[Gm] But I don't rap about guns cause I wasn't [Cm] forced into the [Gm] project
See I was put in a position where I could [Cm] choose my [Gm] options
Blessed with the privilege that my parents could send me to college
Now who's going to shows?
The kids on [Cm] the block [Gm] starving?
Or the white people with dough that can relate [Cm] to my [Gm] content?
Marketed the music and now adapted [Eb] to the [Gm] lifestyle
What happened to jazz and rock and roll is happening right now
Where's my place in the music [Cm] that's been taken [Gm] by the media?
With white corporations [Cm] controlling what [Gm] they're feeding ya
I brought up Aesop rap but [Cm] I'm not even this [Gm] in due
We love hip-hop and what do you think that Caucasians are listening to?
And I speak freely when I write [Cm] this
If a [Gm] black MC examined race they'd go [Cm] tap their fan base
[Gm] White kids and this is so true
[Cm] And we didn't even [Gm] have to fight the system
We just went and picked up the microphone too
And we got good at it
So we [Cm] should be rapping [Gm] but only supporting them is like burning Jimmy and [Cm] buying [Gm] Clapton
Now Clapton's incredible but no Jimmy [Cm] no foundation
[Gm] See here comes history and the cultural appropriation
White kids with do-rags tryna [Cm] practice their [Gm] accents
From the suburbs to the upper class [Cm] mastering a [Gm] language
But hip-hop's not just [Cm] memorizing [Gm] words
It's rooted in authenticity something you literally can't learn
But I'm gonna be me so please [Cm] be who you are
[Gm] It's something that's effortless and it shouldn't [Cm] be hard
I [Gm] said I'm gonna be me so please be [Cm] who you are
[Gm] But as I'm blessed with the privilege that's the left with the scars
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Hip-hop started off on a block that [Cm] I've never been [Gm] to
The counteractive struggle that I've never even been through
If I think I'll understand it's [Cm] because I'm low [Gm] too
That means I'm not keeping it true
Nope
Hip-hop started off on a block that [Cm] I've never been [Gm] to
The counteractive struggle that I've never even been through
If I think I'll understand it's [Cm] because I'm low [Gm] too
That means I'm not keeping it true
I'm not