goat head

brittany howard

see

tomatoes are green

and cotton is white

my heroes are black

so why god got blue eyes?

my daddy

he stayed

my grandmama's a maid

my mama was brave

to take me outside

'cause mama is white

and daddy is black

when i first got made

guess i made these folks mad

see

i know my colors

see

but what i wanna know is. who slashed my dad's tires and put a goat head in the back?

i guess i wasn't s'posed to know that

too bad

i guess i'm not 'posed to mind 'cause i'm brown

i'm not black

but who said that?

see

i'm black

i'm not white

but i'm that

nah

nah

i'm this

right?

i'm one drop of three-fifths

right?

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back

goat head in the back