Listen to Black Man in A White World (Ghetto Gettysburg Address) [feat. Nasir Jones as Mr. Books] by Michael Kiwanuka

Black Man in A White World (Ghetto Gettysburg Address) [feat. Nasir Jones as Mr. Books]

Michael Kiwanuka

Soundtrack

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka

Performer

Nasir Jones as Mr. Books

Nasir Jones as Mr. Books

Performer

Emile Haynie

Remixer

Jamieson Shaw

Remixer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Michael Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka

Composer

Dean Josiah Cover

Dean Josiah Cover

Songwriter

Dean Josiah

Composer

Nasir Jones

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Inflo

Producer

Zeke Mishanec

Recording Engineer

Gabriel Gardes

Assistant Engineer

Tom Elmhirst

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

[Verse 2]

I just see the saddest life

A savage life

Snake and thieves

Every man has his price

It's held below

Who will or won't sell his soul

What's my go?

Go to jail or fail, hell no

In the streets there's a few ways out

'Cause face it, time is short

Think fast, while I resort

To a life of crime and fast cash

Nah, I'm destined to be king

Stayin' on the right path

[Verse 3]

I'm in love, but I'm still sad

I've found peace, but I'm not glad

All my nights, and all my days

I've been trying to run away

I left in the world, oppressed

How do I express my very own, Ghetto Gettysburg Address

My platform is a rap song

Black man is politically attacked on the norm

My life's survivin', at night I'm robbin'

Smokin', hopin, dreamin', speedin'

White lightnin's teamin'

Streets triflin'

I keep writin', it gets deeper

My brothers keeper, are we divided?

I've decided to keep risin'

[Verse 4]

I'm in love, but I'm still sad

I found peace, but I'm not glad

All my life, and all my days

I've been trying to run away

[Verse 5]

New York, New York, the irrefutable

They say that if you make it out here

It's beautiful

And the streets can deceive you when times are hard

And the pressure leaves your mind, body, and soul

So scarred

[Verse 6]

I'm in love, but I'm still sad

I found peace, but I'm not glad

All my life, and all my days

I've been trying to run away

[Verse 7]

We need to wisin' up

We risin' up

These times is rough

I'm a black man in a white world

For real

I'm a black man in a white world

For real

I'm a black man in a white world

Yeah

I'm a black man in a white world

Yeah

I'm a black man in a white world

Yeah

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

I'm a black man in a white world

Written by: Dean Josiah, Dean Josiah Cover, Michael Kiwanuka, Nasir Jones