He says he's a knuckle dragger,
but he's blagging
because in brains?
this boy's not lacking.
We're all intelligent in our own way
But this one's had such wayward days
with the beatings and the blazings
but still says what we're all thinking:
That when you come from a place
where it's hard to make a living
you're made to fit in,
Slip in
to this middle class makeover,
Slip inside this house.
Where people try to look oppressed
for a dead done image
People get dressed
In a language that they're stealing
Where poor is the new edgy
and the park life's got you ready
to watch the poor on telly
and be glad it's not you.
But you wear what they wear for a soulless aesthetic
you say what they say and you just sound pathetic.
It's appropriation gone too far
It's looking like shit when you drive daddy's car -
Far from pop gravity
It's a social calamity
Where you take what you want to look your very best
And ignore where it comes from, just like the rest.
So cash and carry on
Go home, you're done.
He says he's a knuckle dragger,
but he's blagging
because in brains?
this boy's not lacking.
Photo credit + inspiration: Shaun Dougherty
but he's blagging
because in brains?
this boy's not lacking.
We're all intelligent in our own way
But this one's had such wayward days
with the beatings and the blazings
but still says what we're all thinking:
That when you come from a place
where it's hard to make a living
you're made to fit in,
Slip in
to this middle class makeover,
Slip inside this house.
Where people try to look oppressed
for a dead done image
People get dressed
In a language that they're stealing
Where poor is the new edgy
and the park life's got you ready
to watch the poor on telly
and be glad it's not you.
But you wear what they wear for a soulless aesthetic
you say what they say and you just sound pathetic.
It's appropriation gone too far
It's looking like shit when you drive daddy's car -
Far from pop gravity
It's a social calamity
Where you take what you want to look your very best
And ignore where it comes from, just like the rest.
So cash and carry on
Go home, you're done.
He says he's a knuckle dragger,
but he's blagging
because in brains?
this boy's not lacking.
Photo credit + inspiration: Shaun Dougherty