Mega Ran - Do Better lyrics
[Mega Ran - Do Better lyrics]
I used to play Apache at
The end of every show
Till a brother pulled me aside he
Just had let me know
He said my girl is Native
And she hates when people play it
So when she saw you dancing
She just-wanted to go home
I meant nothing by it I replied
She understood
How could something be offensive that
Made people feel so good he broke it down
Apache’s not the name of a tribe
It’s a word the Zuni and
The Spaniards used to describe
Natives, so it’s probably best
Translated as enemy
Listen further and you can
Understand her energy
The systematic oppression of
Their genetic pool
There’s plenty about it that they
Won’t ever teach in school
Tonto is Spanish for a moron or fool
And the war chants
Unnecessary as well as cruel
Manifest destiny the concept is so odd
Displacing and pillaging in the name
Of a righteous God who promotes peace
While infesting them with small pox
Which ran through camps like Mike Alstott
Virtually exterminating millions
In a systematic way
Till only a quarter million natives
Are still alive today
So, when you dance and smile on
Stage your hurt may go away
But when I hear it
I’m reminded of all of the pain
All The murders, the
Sterilizations, kidnappings, and enslavement
So I just had to make a statement
She educated me so now I’m passing it to you
And now that you know better
Tell me what you gonna do
I’m gonna make a change as well as try to
Educate so I appreciate you
Broadening my view so I’mma do better
Do better
The stars and the bars
Were a failed experiment
Representing a system of enslaved Americans
Yet southerners will try to
Change the narrative
Pained with arrogance confusing
Hate for heritage
A symbol of supremacy for generations
I’d rather see real change
Occur within the nation
If we just fighting over cloth
And no other change comes across
Well then it’s obvious this
Is all for naught, cause we get busy
From South Carolina to Mississippi
Imagine being that far on the
Wrong side of hist’ry
Where Monuments to lifestyles you
Don’t believe in
Stare at you in ever state and
You don’t see the grievance
You think you know me man
The Situations lonely even when I taught I
Never gave Participation trophies
We want justice, pass it down
Till the last statue comes crashing down
Do better
Do better
Sending this one out to whoever
If you knew better you would do better
And now you know
The end of every show
Till a brother pulled me aside he
Just had let me know
He said my girl is Native
And she hates when people play it
So when she saw you dancing
She just-wanted to go home
I meant nothing by it I replied
She understood
How could something be offensive that
Made people feel so good he broke it down
Apache’s not the name of a tribe
It’s a word the Zuni and
The Spaniards used to describe
Natives, so it’s probably best
Translated as enemy
Listen further and you can
Understand her energy
The systematic oppression of
Their genetic pool
There’s plenty about it that they
Won’t ever teach in school
Tonto is Spanish for a moron or fool
And the war chants
Unnecessary as well as cruel
Manifest destiny the concept is so odd
Displacing and pillaging in the name
Of a righteous God who promotes peace
While infesting them with small pox
Which ran through camps like Mike Alstott
Virtually exterminating millions
In a systematic way
Till only a quarter million natives
Are still alive today
So, when you dance and smile on
Stage your hurt may go away
But when I hear it
I’m reminded of all of the pain
All The murders, the
Sterilizations, kidnappings, and enslavement
So I just had to make a statement
She educated me so now I’m passing it to you
And now that you know better
Tell me what you gonna do
I’m gonna make a change as well as try to
Educate so I appreciate you
Broadening my view so I’mma do better
Do better
The stars and the bars
Were a failed experiment
Representing a system of enslaved Americans
Yet southerners will try to
Change the narrative
Pained with arrogance confusing
Hate for heritage
A symbol of supremacy for generations
I’d rather see real change
Occur within the nation
If we just fighting over cloth
And no other change comes across
Well then it’s obvious this
Is all for naught, cause we get busy
From South Carolina to Mississippi
Imagine being that far on the
Wrong side of hist’ry
Where Monuments to lifestyles you
Don’t believe in
Stare at you in ever state and
You don’t see the grievance
You think you know me man
The Situations lonely even when I taught I
Never gave Participation trophies
We want justice, pass it down
Till the last statue comes crashing down
Do better
Do better
Sending this one out to whoever
If you knew better you would do better
And now you know