Erasure

Album: Black Rainbows (2023)
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  • They Typex'd all the black kids out of the picture
    So when they pictured that scene, they wouldn't be seen
    Baby girl in the front row with the cornrows
    Smiling at the band

    They made a cartoon of you
    They beat you into lead
    And made an object out of you
    They put out lit cigarettes
    Down your sweet throat
    They fed you to the alligators

    They tried to erase you
    They tried to erase you
    They tried to eviscerate you
    Hide behind the curtain
    Make you forget your name

    They tried to erase you
    They tried to erase you
    They tried to eviscerate you
    Hide behind the curtain
    Make you forget your name

    They took credit for your labor
    They took credit for your labor
    They tried to acid-wash you
    And paint you as a picture of patience
    And they killed you
    And they hid your broken bones
    In a public place
    And, oh, they wore a public face
    They wore a public face
    They wore, oh

    They tried to erase you
    They tried to erase you
    They tried to eviscerate you
    Hide behind the curtain
    Make you forget your name

    They tried to erase you
    They tried to erase you
    They tried to eviscerate you
    Hide behind the curtain
    Make you forget your name

    The knife was clean
    The knife was clean
    The knife was clean
    The knife was clean
    The knife was clean
    The knife was clean
    Baby, baby, uh
    They fed you to the alligators
    They fed you to the alligators
    They fed you to the alligators
    Alligators, oh, yeah Writer/s: Corinne Bailey Rae
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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