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Wrong & Right (feat. Sundee Frazier)

from A Brief Word by Jon Corbin

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They say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Take a close look at my fam, I need some more proof
The man who fathered me, the original Runaway
I stand today living in his name
Shadow of his skin, don't take it lightly
Can I fit with my kin? Cause they don't look like me
Ignorant years, a shorty growing up
Just shortly before losing touch with all my coloured peers
It used to mean nothing (race)
With ethno-divided line becoming signs of my times
(And what am I) Living in integration
(Confused) The best of both worlds I was chasing
Past erased when the black man slapped me in the face
Put me in my place, left a mere trace of clues to my identity
Found in pools of lies, call the CSI
Buckle down to the case of the man of mixed race
Hard to set it straight, only hesitate
Uncovered stories of pre and post glory
Penned by regret and rhetoric
And so the story goes,
Black man, white woman, mixed kids make up components of family
My rebellion is wrong? (Well maybe)
I never planned on being the token brown baby
Praise for mixed kids I could never shower
Cause cuteness, has no resemblance to power
When brown babies start to flower
Then can't end up Halle Berrys or Terence Howards
Compete with black girls, threats to white men
Suddenly nobody dotes on their skin
And everyone claims they can peg us by sight
Leaving us questioning wrong and right

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from A Brief Word, released May 1, 2007

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Jon Corbin Milton, Ontario

Jon Corbin is a Canadian Hip Hop artist, high school teacher, producer, spoken word poet, speaker, podcaster, writer and DJ based in Ontario, Canada. Since 2007, first under the name The Runaway, Jon has released 17 musical projects -- many of them self-produced. Jon heads up Spark Rap Coaching, a rap writing instructional program. He also hosts the storytelling podcast, the Jon Corbin Podcast. ... more

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