Say if you know better, maybe you'll do better, so, hey, let me tell you a story, huh

I used to play Apache at the end of every show, till a brother pulled me aside, he just had to let me know

He said my girl is native and she hates when people play it, so when she saw you dancing, she just wanted to go Home

I meant nothing by it, I replied, she understood.

How could something be offensive that made people feel so good, he broke it down

Apache's not the name of a tribe, it's the word that Zuny and the Spaniards used to describe natives

So it's probably best translated as enemy. Listen further and you could understand her energy, the systematic Oppression of their genetic pool

There's plenty about it that they will never teach in school. And talk to a Spanish for a moron, a fool

An award chant's unnecessary, as well as cruel. Manifest destiny, the concept that's so odd

Displacing and pillaging in the name of a good God who promotes peace

While infesting them with smallpox, which ran through the camps like Mike Allstock

Virtually exterminating millions in a systematic way, till only a quarter million natives are still around today

So while you dance and smile on stage, your hurt might go away, but when I hear it, I'm reminded of all of the pain

The murders, the sterilizations, the kidnappings and enslavements

So I had to make a statement. She educated me, so now I'm passing that to you

And now that you know better, tell me what you're gonna do

I'm gonna make a change as well as try to educate, so I appreciate you broadening my view

So I'ma do better

Yeah, said I'ma do better

The stars and bars were a failed experiment. Representing a system for enslaved Americans

Guess Southerners will try to change the narrative. Pain with arrogance, confusing hate for heritage

A symbol of supremacy for generations. I'd rather see real change occur within the nation

If we just fighting over cloth and no other change ever comes across, then obviously this is all for naught

We get busy. South Carolina to Mississippi. Imagine being that far on the wrong side of history

Remind your Mr. Lifestyles you don't believe in. Stare at you in every state and you don't see the grievance

You think you know me, man, this situation's lonely. Even when I taught, I never gave participation trophies

We want justice. Pass it down. Till the last statue comes crashing down

Do better

Do better

Yeah, yeah

Sending this one out to whoever. If you knew better, you'd do better

Yeah

And now you know

Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be

Let it be the pioneer on the plane seeking a home where he himself is free

America was never America to me. Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed

Let it be that great strong land above would never kings connive nor try and scheme that any man be crushed by One above

It was never America to me

Oh, let my land be a land where liberty is crowned, with no false patriotic grief, but opportunity is real and life is

Free

Equality is in the air we breathe

There's never been equality for me, nor freedom in this homeland of the free