Misc Musicals – A Strange Loop - Inner White Girl (Guitar)
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Inner White Girl
Written By: Michael R Jackson
[Verse 1]
F C G On days his blackness feels like another hurdle F C G That won't get out of his way F C G His inner white girl starts kicking like a baby F C G She wants to come out and play F C G She doesn't care if she ruffles any feathers F C G In fact that is her M O F C G Where he's the king of avoiding confrontation F C G There's not a bomb she won't throw
[Pre-Chorus]
Because
Em F White girls can do anything C G Can't they? Em F C G Black boys must always obey their mothers Em F White girls can do anything C G Can't they? Can't they?
Can't they? Can't they?
[Verse 2]
F C G Some days he feels like his blackness is a treasure F C G That's under constant attack F C G His inner white girl protects it from marauders F C G She always takes up the slack F C G She lets him feel like a human supernova F C G Like he could conquer the Earth F C G Like he's the heir to the power and oppresion F C G Her kind have wielded since birth
[Pre-Chorus]
Because
Em F White girls can do anything C G Can't they? Em F C G Black boys must always obey their mothers Em F White girls can do anything C G Can't they? Can't they?
Can't they? Can't they?
[Chorus]
F C They get to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious G Em They get to be wild and unwise F C They get to be shy and introspective G They get to make noise C They get to mesmerize F C Black boys don't get to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious G Em Don't get to be wild and unwise F C Don't get to be shy and introspective G Don't get to make noise G F G Don't get to fantasi-i-ize
[Verse 3]
F C G His blackness doesn't look blue in any moonlight F C G Which makes him harder to see F C G That's why he clings to his silly inner white girl F C G The same one clinging to me
[Bridge]
F We wanna be free C We wanna belong G F We want either love or validation F But neither come easily C So hear her siren song G F Keeps us in total subjugation
[Chorus]
F C We want to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious G Em We want to be wild and unwise F C We want to be shy and introspective G We want to make noise C We wanna mesmerize F C Why can't we be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious? G Em Why can't we express in our own way? F C Why can't we unleash what's locked inside us? G C Who made up these rules black boys must always obey?