A Strange Loop - Inner White Girl Lyrics |
2022 Broadway A Strange Loop the Musical - Inner White Girl Lyrics
"Inner White Girl" is a song performed by Larry Owens (Usher). The song is written by Michael R. Jackson.
USHER: On days his blackness Feels like another hurdle That won't get out of his way His inner white girl starts kicking like a baby She wants to come out and play She doesn't care if she ruffles any feathers In fact, that is her M.O Where he's the king of avoiding confrontation There's not a bomb she won't throw
Because
White girls can do anything, can't they? Black boys must always obey their mothers White girls can do anything, can't they? Can't they? Can't they? Can't they?
Some days he feels like his blackness (is you) is a treasure (Is you) That's under constant attack (H-h-h-h-h-h-hey) His inner white girl protects (is you) it from marauders (is you) She always takes up the slack (H-h-h-h-h-h-hey) She lets him feel like a human supernova Like he could conquer the Earth Like he's the heir to the power and oppression Her kind have wielded since birth
Because
USHER and COMPANY: White girls can do anything, can't they? Black boys must always obey their mothers White girls can do anything, can't they? Can't they? Can't they? Can't they?
USHER: They get to be cool, Tall, vulnerable, and luscious They get to be wild and unwise They get to be shy and introspective They get to make noise They get to mesmerize
Black boys don't get be cool, Tall, vulnerable, and luscious Don't get to be wild and unwise Don't get to be shy and introspective Don't get to make noise Don't get to fantasize
His blackness doesn't look blue in any moonlight Which makes him harder to see That's why he clings to his silly inner white girl The same one clinging to me
We wanna be free We wanna belong We wanna unearned love or validation But neither come easily So her siren song Keeps us in total subjugation (Total subjugation!)
Cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious We want to be wild and unwise We want to be shy and introspective We want to make noise, we wanna mesmerize Why can't we be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious? Why can't we express in our own way? Why can't we unleash what's locked inside us? Who made up these rules black boys must always obey?
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