White Julie (modeled after Black Stacey - Saul Williams)

There was a time when I cried in my bed at night,
Asking god why I couldn’t die that night.
Talking about the who’s who in the music industry,
And the top dog on the list is who we wanted to be.
I know it was foolish of me,
But it’s because of that I learned to dream.
I was never able to make friends in school,
I joked and played too much trying to make myself cool.
You see I was just putting on a show,
Because there was a lot of stuff I wanted no one to know.
There was a time,
When I tried to lay a fat rhyme.
And you hollered at me,
“Hey you, your white man.”
I think I’m too white.
Dad do you think I’m to white?
I think I’m too white.
White Julie.
They called me White Julie.

Now in all of my lessons,
What I was learning while the school of life was testing.
No matter what people say,
No matter how hard you think it’ll be today.
Just get out there.
Don’t be afraid to do what you want to do,
Don’t be afraid to walk out into the world and go.
Just be true to yourself,
Love yourself,
Laugh at yourself.
We’ll be with you.
No matter what this world has brought,
Drugs, violence, deaths, and enemies.
We may all join together,
One army to march together.
March to let our true selves show,
The ones we don’t let people know.
Throw our fear to the wind,
We don’t have to ever hide again.