White Privilege - Macklemore
Now nod your head and wake up I see so many people lost who really try to pretend But am I just another white boy who has caught on to the trend When I take a step to the mic is hip hop closer to the end 'Causewhen I go to shows the majority have white skin They marketed the windmill the air flair and head spin And white rappers albums really get the most spins The face of hip hop has changed a lot since eminem And if he'staking away black artists'profits I look just like him Claimed a culture that wasn'tmine the way of the american Hip hop is gentrified and where will all the people live It'slike the central district beacon hill to the south end Being pushed farther away because of what white people did now Where'smy place in a music that'sbeen taken by my race Cultural appropriated by the white face and we don'twant to admit that this is existing So scared to acknowledge the benefits of our white privilege 'Causeit'shuman nature to want to be part of something different Especially when your ancestors are european christians And most whites don'twant to acknowledge this is occurring 'Causewe got the best deal the music without the burden Of being black in a system that really wants you to rock 'Causeall you need is a program and you can go and make hip hop And we hate the mainstream cause we'rethe ones that took it Now we listen to aesop rock and wear t shirts that say brooklyn But it'snot about black and white right I mean good music is good music regardless of what you look like But when you don'tgive them props isn'tthat selfish That'slike saying rock was actually started by elvis So where does this leave me I feel like I pay dues but I'llalways be a white mc I give everything I have when I write a rhyme But that doesn'tchange the fact that this culture'snot mine But I'mgonna be me so please be who you are This is something that'seffortless and shouldn'tbe hard I said I'mgonna be me so please be who you are But we still owe 'em40acres now we'vestolen their 16bars Hip hop started off in a block that I'venever been to To counter act a struggle that I'venever even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'mnot keeping it true nope Hip hop started off in a block that I'venever been to To counter act a struggle that I'venever even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'mnot keeping it true I'mnot keeping it true Now I don'trap about guns so they label me conscious But I don'trap about guns 'causeI wasn'tforced into the projects See I was put in the position where I could chose my options Blessed with the privilege that my parent'scould send me to college Now who'sgoing to shows The kids on the block starving Or the white people with dough that can relate to my content Marketed the music now adapted to the lifestyle What happened to jazz and rock 'n'roll is happening right now Where'smy place in the music that'sbeen taken by the media With white corperations controlling what their feeding ya I brought up aesop rock but I'mnot even dissing dude We love hip hop and what do you think caucasians are listening to And I speak freely when I write this If a black emcee examined race there goes half their fan base white kids And this is so true And we didn'teven have to fight the system we just went and picked up the microphone too And we got good at it so we should be rapping But only supporting them is like burning jimmy and buying clapton now Clapton'sincredible but no jimmy no foundation So here comes history and the cultural appropriation White kids with do rags trying to practice their accents From the suburbs to the upperclass mastering a language But hip hop is not just memorizing words It'srooted in authenticity something you literally can'tlearn But I'mgonna be me so please be who you are It'ssomething that'seffortless and shouldn'tbe hard I said I'mgonna be me so please be who you are But as I'mblessed with the privilege they'restill left with the scars Come on Hip hop started off in a block that I'venever been to To counter act a struggle that I'venever even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'mnot keeping it true nope Hip hop started off in a block that I'venever been to To counter act a struggle that I'venever even been through If I think I understand just because I flow too That means I'mnot keeping it true I'mnot keeping it true Guitar score
White Privilege Artist: Macklemore
Capo: 0
Key: Bb
Difficulty：
Tempo: 85
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 109
Creation time: 2023-04-21 White Privilege Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by Macklemore. This guitar tab is in the key of Bb and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by Macklemore at that time～
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