Color Lines Lyrics - Singles - George Watsky

Chorus 

These color lines will make you break you make you choose a side 

These color lines these color lines been here since jump 

I write these color lines cause if I don't I'll lose my mind 

I write these color lines these color lines 

Verse 1 (George) 

your first rap show posted in the back row 

of a sea of white kids bent on supermanning that hoe 

pretty soon you're buying fitted hats and high tops 

pretending that you're black enough and rapping with the lights off 

it's like a cyclops with one closed eye 

you can tell me that you're winking, but the grin won't lie 

and no mouth supplies, what your skin tone hides 

about a thousand miles south as the jim crow flies 

And then we're playing he said she said 

I see red when i peep a pink cheeked boston meathead 

I wanna go Bruce Lee 

When I see him on the T taking up two seats 

and say, "excuse me, but would you move if hell froze?" 

you know the subway is the underground railroad 

lynch trees have the same white limbs 

check out my arms, I look just like him 

Verse 2 (Catch) 

Let's you and I get one thing straight 

The game never been equal, ain't no food on my plate 

I gave birth to this and you just took it and co opted it and profited 

and packaged it and wouldn't give me half of it 

Peep how I master this and break down how you took it all 

Raped the culture and you standing there looking all 

innocent, take a mile when I give and inch 

And how you getting rich, is it a coincidence? 

or is it ignorance? You don't know your own privilege 

You own riches and don't know what homeless is 

You got a lot to learn before you even think about 

Hip hop, black culture and which fitted you pickin out 

nigger in the street, I don't think so bro 

My people ain't supportin your black history show 

So stop what you doing we won't take it anymore 

Before you come in my house wipe ya feet at the door 

Chorus