Racial Repertoire Lyrics

Before I go out on the street Put on my armor of defense I never know who I'm gonna meet To me it never did make much sense You don't have to go too far Riding in a subway car Walk inside a cocktail bar To feel the racial repertoire Ever since I was a child Eyes on me in the grocery store Maybe it was just a style Never could figure out what it was for Lightning bugs in a jelly jar Driving in my father's car Even priests and movie stars They got a racial repertoire Chorus: Racial repertoire Racial repertoire oh oh oh oh Racial repertoire Racial repertoire oh oh oh oh It's become unconscious Deep within the psyche Generations stymied A permanent scar Even on the beach When you think you're out of reach Eyes are back on you Like you're tainted residue Even in your neighborhood When you think you been understood A walk in a whiskey bar Feel that racial repertoire You don't have to go too far Riding in a subway car Even priests and movie stars They got a racial repertoire Chorus Even on the beach ... Blood spit out on the streets Blood splatter on the walks Blood spit out on the streets Blood splatter on the walks