Coded Trauma [1]

[Intro] Walking through these marble halls Like a ghost they can't recall Ivy growing on these walls While my spirit starts to fall [Verse 1] Private school, they thought they knew me Trust fund babies tried to school me Code-switching got me feeling loopy Playing roles just to get through, see Harvard yard, but I'm still dark These white kids treating life like art While I'm living torn apart Playing smart but breaking hearts [Chorus] Privileged pain, they can't explain How it feels to live this game Looking through a broken frame Success and shame, they look the same Yeah, they look the same [Verse 2] Lecture halls after midnight Shooting videos, ain't nothing right Security called, they got frightened By a black man burning bright Got the grades, got the praise Still feel lost in this maze Every day's a masquerade Till this mask starts to fade [Bridge] They want my story packaged clean Want my pain up on their screen Want me broken, want me seen But only pieces they can glean F*ck their rules, f*ck their schools Using me as their damn tools Got me feeling like a fool In this institutional pool [Verse 3] Now I'm back here speaking facts To these rooms filled with artifacts Of a system built to trap Brown bodies in academic wraps But I'm flipping all these scripts Taking power through these rifts Watch me break these institutions With these bars and elocutions [Outro] Still a ghost in these halls Still a voice in these walls But I'm rising through it all Watch this whole system fall Watch it fall