So They Invented Race Lyrics

So they invented race and made themselves different
From those they banned from grace
They invented race by writing difference in the airThey invented race and carved it in a language
Tattooed it in space and wrote it on skin
So they made up race and programmed it in their cashAnd the air's dark in our mouths
It's a bitter light
And the skin fades from our sight
People's faces into formsSo they made-up exotic
And wrote it in color
On parchment backs
As adventure maps, yeahSo they shattered my world to a million pieces
But I hold on to each piece and I number them all
I won't let my children's smiles be shattered into dustAnd their currency's contempt
And their power laughs
And the skin fades from my sight
People's faces into formsSalt sown into day
Dark sown in the land
Blindness sown in our hopesSo they invented race, divide down their [Incomprehensible]

And made their case in fear and pain
So they invented race and we'll invent clarity againAnd the air's dark in our mouths
It's a bitter light
And the skin fades from our sight
People's faces into formsAnd their currency's contempt
And their power laughs
And the air's dark in our mouths
And the air's dark in our mouths