Cakewalk
Cakewalk, cakewalk, an innocent crime?
Ho ho, looking so so white and anodyne
Dressed up, dolled up, high kicking, so refined
Some folks, some folks call this a better time
High hat, high step, big joke
Hollywood, Hollywood, the golden age
What is missing from this page?
Pushed out, locked out, erased from centre stage
Leave it for the birds in the gilded cage
Whitewash, blackface, no face
They sold you down the river
But you swam back up to the fountain
There is no highest bidder
Tell it on a mountain
Two steps back, two steps back, one to the side
You got your pride to keep you fortified
Tick tock, ding dong, do you have to tell them the time?
So long to keep your eyes on the prize
Freedom ride, overcome, I'm a man
Don't move a muscle, don't make a sound
You have no right to fight and stand your ground
Hands on the wheel while hounds surround
Bound and drowned on the merry-go-round
Can't breathe, black lives, still a man
Spent all my life looking up to you
Look what they've done to you
You don't believe in grudges, do you?
Hallelujah!
Ho ho, looking so so white and anodyne
Dressed up, dolled up, high kicking, so refined
Some folks, some folks call this a better time
High hat, high step, big joke
Hollywood, Hollywood, the golden age
What is missing from this page?
Pushed out, locked out, erased from centre stage
Leave it for the birds in the gilded cage
Whitewash, blackface, no face
They sold you down the river
But you swam back up to the fountain
There is no highest bidder
Tell it on a mountain
Two steps back, two steps back, one to the side
You got your pride to keep you fortified
Tick tock, ding dong, do you have to tell them the time?
So long to keep your eyes on the prize
Freedom ride, overcome, I'm a man
Don't move a muscle, don't make a sound
You have no right to fight and stand your ground
Hands on the wheel while hounds surround
Bound and drowned on the merry-go-round
Can't breathe, black lives, still a man
Spent all my life looking up to you
Look what they've done to you
You don't believe in grudges, do you?
Hallelujah!
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Writer(s): Lindsay Moxham
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