Clap Back
By orangedrink on March 31, 2018 12:07 am
YUNG GRANDPA RETURNS
People don't come out of the closet because they feel unsafe, and that culture of unsafety is something we all actively or passively participate to build or destroy.
Each stanza ends with a shortened line, which represents the "awkward silence" that many of us live with when we hear something that's not right, but choose not to speak up out of self-preservation. This song is dedicated to two friends of mine who are closeted and feel like they can't come out. Props to myself for fitting "heteronormative" in a rap. I think I could have mixed and mastered this better. Thoughts on the mix? Vocals too loud? Did you hear the secret "clap back" hidden in the song?
Lyrics:
Yung Grandpa back again in another fit of rage
Somebody let the closeted tiger out the cage
Some of us came out and fought while other people stayed
But they fought a silent battle all the same
Why you laughing buddy? Nobody said anything funny?
You think I'm not a real man and somehow you can take it from me?
Tell me who's the king that you replaced
Come over here and say that to my face
I wish that I could blame the kids but everyone knows it’s grown folks
Kids hear what they say when they make little gay jokes
You thought they’d ignore it but they didn’t
And that’s the exactly the behavior that they mimic
Until somebody gets hurt, they say it’s only fun and games
It’s a heteronormative sport i never want to play
When I try to speak up, they only say that i complain
Think before you speak is all i’m saying
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Thanks for the awesome remarks.
