Schizm - Coloring Books Lyrics

I turn the page in search for someone like me
But every powdered wig hides years of our history
Color it in, but stay within the lines, for your omission was carefully contrived
I pick my shade of skin, and start to color in
For our resistance is embedded in our narrative
Color it in, but stay within the lines, for your omission was carefully contrived
No one speaks of slavery, transformed systematically, beneficial to reciprocate control
Now our resistance, we color in the holes
Now our resistance, the stories never told
You appropriate and erase the source
Now our resistance, the hardships from before
Now our resistance, the stories never told
You appropriate and erase the source

The clever scheme to mold my sense of identity
Subjugate to disconnect our legacies
Color it in, but stay within the lines, for your omission was carefully contrived
Eliminate heroines, diluted "American", seek to know, only what you've been told
Color it in, but stay within the lines, for your omission was carefully contrived
No one speaks of slavery, transformed systematically, beneficial to reciprocate control
Now our resistance, we color in the holes
Now our resistance, the stories never told
You appropriate and erase the source
Now our resistance, the hardships from before
Now our resistance, the stories never told
You appropriate and erase the source

Our history, Our culture continues with every generation
Our blood enriched by resistance, rotted in defiance