Rough transcription by: Victoria Granton (10th Grade)
Going colorblind i never understood the meaning of our skins,
I never learned.
That we are equal but so different running in a race (style), Why begin?
With such a (League)
Running all around so others, counting dollars growing made in soil,
I told a slave.
Races (with) walls between us, races used against us,
build in fear and breeding hate.
(Watched the premise seemed Provasive.) Written in laws and told in schools,
Their on tv.
White is thought to wonder ( ) Getting big and ( ) off the ground,
And be like white.
Just like white was Jesus one night while founding father judges white,
Like stars and stripes.
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Chorus:
Once was colorblind but now i start to see,
how my skin of white has opened those who need.
Oh amazing grace please open up my eyes,
and help others see if they too have been blind.
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Rap:
About colorblind i never saw what it takes to make a change and talk race at all,
And were walking on eggshells mixed with the ( ).
Comments with the past saying that its irrelevant.
But
If were going where we couldn't fall,
how are we getting where we gotta go?
How we make that road. Oh.
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We were born as equals but then some of us are better with golden spoons,
while others starve.
We were born as equals with our 100 years of order drawing lines,
Into the sand.
Drafting laws and separating, Houses ( ),
That we are one!
While we may be equal or different while there are so many of our restraints, ( ).
Equal is so beautiful, and strong is great for our diversity, our ( ).
(But here is description and now listen) ( ) Is invisible,
For all to to see.
( ) well it is,
And build a bridge.
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Chorus:
We were colorblind but when we start to see,
that you can't just close your eyes to history.
Oh amazing grace please open up my eyes,
and help others see if they too have been blind.
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About:
We are City Love (Sterling Duns and Caselli Jordan), a conscious, soulful acoustic duo with harmonies, hip hop, mandolin, cajon and guitar. From the heart. We write music that inspires, challenges, and lifts us up, and we hope it will do the same to those who listen.
Our Mission:
We believe that self-expression is transformative and we want to encourage others to express themselves through whatever art form calls to them. Our songs are about many kinds of love, about problems, solutions and positive change, and about knowing and making peace with the darker aspects of our world while choosing to nurture the light. We are committed to love of humanity, service, integrity, humility, social justice, social harmony, gratitude, simplicity and balance.
Let' Talk
Again, after listening to this music all week I couldn't help but share it with you guys. What do you think about the song "Colorblind?" Below offer City Love a critical review of their message. How does this song connect to themes from our course? Be specific as you comment. What lyrics resonate with you? What is happening in American society today that makes this music relevant?
4 comments:
I think this song went to the level that no one wanted to reach. Not a song about money, or fame, but a song about what really matters. The world is colorblind still. We see all around. On the news and on the internet, racial oppression are all over. This song really has a meaning. “We we open our eyes and learn to see”. We can learn to be color brave, just like when we learn to read and write. It takes a lot of understanding to understand race. Learning about it in school, and opening up to it is the best way of dealing with the tension between races. By discussing what our current society withholds, we can adapt to interracial interactions. Interracial needs to be the new root. We have a background we came from, and background to create for our children. By seeing the world more differently, and be more open about race, we can reach into a person that can be impacted by racial stereotypes. The more we give away, and have dealt away with race, the more we start to see individualism and meaning in people.
These songs connect through the course for the fact that it is about racism and how racism is affecting social status. Let say the media is a person. The person has a whole lot of history with guitar, and he loves guitar. He understands guitar because his grandfather played guitar. He then one day hears a drum playing, and question what the stupid sound was. “Guitar sounds way better than that, and guitars need to be played more”. His Grandfather was a music teacher, and one day told him he might like drums, if he studied the history. His grandfather had connections. First day he showed up to class, his ignorant was high and mighty. “It’s just a loud and obnoxious noise”. Second day, “Why are those people putting on their face, it looks hideous”. His ignorant little comments ceased on the second week. He saw a whole new world he never saw, even if he despised it, he saw something. On the third week, he played the drum, for his first time, He felt it. Over the Course of weeks, he played and played, until one day he knew it’s in his heart, so he asked his ignorant new incomer to play the drum for him, as he dance to the wave of the sun and the drum. Lessons were over, and the person had two new instruments to play. He decided drums and guitar makes a pretty good duo, to make sounds about good life and peace, with harmony and understandings. If you never try to deal with racism, if you never find your way towards understanding race and cultures, you’ll never be as accepting and wise as the person who learned the drum. The person became wise and understanding once he let go of his guitar and his warmth for it. You can only learn about racism and its affects, when you have supports of piers. You need to know racism affects us all. But let say what if the person feared learning about drum in the first place, thinking it might change his view of guitar.
It took the person a whole month to be convinced by his grandpa to learn about drums. He grandpa said “Son, you know I was once like you, I couldn’t accept the fact that guitar was no less than other instruments”, “My grandpa played guitar too, and he told me “Guitar is a guitar, drum is a drum, but guitar and a drum is sweet music”. The person understood what his grandfather meant so he gave it a shot. Fear is the barrier of our racial interaction. When we don’t know about certain things, we tend to not change our perspective on it. We are stubborn as human, in which perceptively, but we can also change, and change is an essential part of life. We need a little understanding from the world around us. We need resources to know the step we’re taking is worth it and there’s sweet music behind the fear. It is songs like “colorblind” and Bloggers like Mr. Jobs who can be our motivation to be a change in a way. That’s the importance of the song within this society. The relevant key to an open door, this song holds what we need to know to open our eyes to the world.
^ what he said
The Lyrics that I found were most profound were:
Running all around so others, counting dollars growing made in soil,
I told a slave.
Races (with) walls between us, races used against us,
build in fear and breeding hate.
These lyrics were more profound to me because it states the problems for what they really are. The white slave owners only cared about the money that they were making from the slaves labor, they didn’t care about their feelings or their lives and futures. They treated the slaves like they were objects instead of human beings. The walls are up and do exist between different races and colors, and are used against us to build fear and hatred is really important because it expresses the real issues. I think the people who are in control of this nation want to keep us divided and separated because if we unite and have respect and no longer have problems with each other, we will be able to see what the real issues are and focus on the important things that really do matter. They want to keep the water murky and keep us fighting and focused on other things so they can continue doing whatever they want and clouding our vision, which is halting all of us from becoming more empowered. We would be stronger together and the politicians and others who govern us fear that the most so they create and build the hatred and fears.
Mark H.
Lets start off by just saying that the lyrics to the song are very powerful in terms of what really matters. This song as i listen took a lot of thinking process. Most of today's world is the way it is because of opinions and tension between races which includes commenting, stereotypes, rights, beauty, ect. To sit and write a song about racism is something off out of the blue then talking about what can we do for fun or what i did yesterday afternoon. Talking about racism is like talking about what color lollipops are better. If cherry is better than grape, then maybe it tastes better, or maybe its the color they like. Maybe its something else? We all have different characteristics as human beings as Whites to African Americans to the colors of a lollipop. The world today is still colorblind, and as more people open up their eyes to history we learn more. From the internet to schools to tv and advertisements the biggest percentage of tension is very high, maybe higher than high. About race, what must these advertisements and other things that are being spread going to get us? If tension between races goes on, It will only separate us more. If you write about racism then there shows determination into wanting others to see who they are as a person and what they are just not getting through their minds. The majority of people are colorblind which means to not(SEE)the difference of race within a society. I feel like if you cannot see the problem, how can you fix it? The reason this song was created upon my opinion is to influence other people on the basics of color blinded people and to help others see if they are also have been blinded. The City of Love did a great job on the song. If you close your eyes to history then how can we help others who are blind? What will it take to break down the walls between races in order to stop building fear and breeding hate? It doesn't take a miracle to change the world, it takes the people to make a difference.
Victoria Granton
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