I am white
And I've got everything I need
No one clutches their purses when they're in a room alone with me
And I can drive through any neighborhood I please
At any hour, and the police don't do a thing
I'm a guy getting paid more than a girl with a degree
And I can walk down the streets after dark
No one wants to rape me
And I can get a girl pregnant
And just as easily flee
Just like my straight white male dad did to me
I've got a pile of broken mirrors
And I'm walking under ladders
And I'm spilling tons of salt because to me that doesn't matter
Because my skin and my gender and my orientation
Are the best things to have when you live in this nation
I recommend it highly
Shit's going to work out for me
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
And I've got everything I need
No one clutches their purses when they're in a room alone with me
And I can drive through any neighborhood I please
At any hour, and the police don't do a thing
So if I see a penny on the ground
I leave it alone or fucking flip it
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
I leave it alone or fucking flip it
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
I'm a guy getting paid more than a girl with a degree
And I can walk down the streets after dark
No one wants to rape me
And I can get a girl pregnant
And just as easily flee
Just like my straight white male dad did to me
So if I see a penny on the ground
I leave it alone or fucking flip it
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
I leave it alone or fucking flip it
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
I've got a pile of broken mirrors
And I'm walking under ladders
And I'm spilling tons of salt because to me that doesn't matter
Because my skin and my gender and my orientation
Are the best things to have when you live in this nation
I recommend it highly
So if I see a penny on the ground
I leave it alone or fucking flip it
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
I leave it alone or fucking flip it
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
Shit's going to work out for me
I'm a straight white male in America
I've got all the luck I need
Contributed by Pluck - 2022/2/5 - 23:33
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“American Tune” is a song from Andrew Jackson Jihad’s 2011 album Knife Man. The song provides a scathing critique of white privilege, institutional racism, and rape culture, from the perspective of a straight white male. Like pretty much everything by the band, the vitriol is somewhat undercut by sarcasm and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
( da AJJ American Tune Lyrics -Genius )