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Overheard in America

by mercurywaters

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Overheard in America is a retelling of all the sexist, racist, colorist and ignorant things we hear in America on a daily basis. It speaks to the fatigue of encountering the hatred and bigotry this country is so good at producing.

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Overheard in America


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redbone is the skin tone
you can keep your dark skin in the friend zone
young lady keep your hem low
they raped you cause you dress like a bimbo

i need my money back tenfold
no cash just PayPal or Venmo
you ain’t free what you in for
catching bodies on a boom-bapping instro

old nigger this is Jim crow
we keep our coppers on lynch mode
plus we redlined the zip code
YOU can live where they bust out the windows

keep buying all the lies that have been sold
it’s your fault you got the post trauma syndrome
your kind ain’t inclined to drive a benzo
niggers only good for rap songs or end zones


Chorus

this is overheard in America
you ain’t said a word in America that ain’t patently false and made for hysteria

this is overheard in America
you ain’t said a word in America that ain’t patently false and made for hysteria


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who’s that peeking in my window
coronavirus creeping in my lymph nodes
the mask is anti-freedom yeah it’s simple
even if it means killing all my kinfolk

we want trap slow the tempo
where’s your tattoos on your temple
he won’t sell unless he is a sex symbol
yeah he cheated on his wife but he a pimp though

he got the violence from Nintendo
now he keeps a rifle in his trench coat
i guess nobody saw the signals
that he would snipe a bully through a pinhole

he would never lie he’s presidential
the loss of life is pure coincidental
he pulled this country up out of the limbo
plus he keeps the Mexicans out of my rentals


Chorus

this is overheard in America
you ain’t said a word in America that ain’t patently false and made for hysteria

this is overheard in America
you ain’t said a word in America that ain’t patently false and made for hysteria

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released November 2, 2020
Produced and Written by Mercury Waters

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Mercury Waters is a DMV born and raised hip hop artist who brings thought provoking lyricism with a grown man sensibility to his decades long career. Waters counts creative rap luminaries like The Roots, Common, and Yasiin Bey among his influences. With a style evolved into its own form, he creates moods, soundscapes and visual pictures that seek to engross, educate, and connect with the listener. ... more

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