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    This song describes the challenges of growing up black in America. The singer recalls feeling different and out of place as a child on the playground. As an adult, nothing has changed - it is still harder for black people to achieve the American dream of home ownership and financial stability. The lyrics suggest that until others experience what it's like "to be black," they cannot truly understand that freedom and equality are not yet realities for all in the "land of the free."

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    This song describes the challenges of growing up black in America. The singer recalls feeling different and out of place as a child on the playground. As an adult, nothing has changed - it is still harder for black people to achieve the American dream of home ownership and financial stability. The lyrics suggest that until others experience what it's like "to be black," they cannot truly understand that freedom and equality are not yet realities for all in the "land of the free."

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    Mickey Guyton Lyrics

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    Harrison Cagalawan Tupag Dodax
    This song describes the challenges of growing up black in America. The singer recalls feeling different and out of place as a child on the playground. As an adult, nothing has changed - it is still harder for black people to achieve the American dream of home ownership and financial stability. The lyrics suggest that until others experience what it's like "to be black," they cannot truly understand that freedom and equality are not yet realities for all in the "land of the free."

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    Mickey Guyton Lyrics

    "Black Like Me"

    Little kid in a small town


    I did my best just to fit in
    Broke my heart on the playground, mmh
    When they said I was different

    Oh, now
    Now, I'm all grown up and nothin' has changed
    Yeah, it's still the same

    It's a hard life on easy street


    Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
    If you think we live in the land of the free
    You should try to be black like me

    My daddy worked day and night


    For an old house and a used car
    Just to live that good life, mmh
    It shouldn't be twice as hard

    Oh, now
    Now, I'm all grown up and nothin' has changed
    Yeah, it's still the same

    It's a hard life on easy street


    Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
    If you think we live in the land of the free
    You should try to be, oh, black like me

    Oh, I know
    I'm not
    The only one
    Oh, yeah
    Who feels
    Like I
    I don't belong

    It's a hard life on easy street


    Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
    And if you think we live in the land of the free
    You should try to be, oh, black like me
    Oh, and some day we'll all be free
    And I'm proud to be, oh, black like me
    And I'm proud to be black like me
    I'm proud to be black like me
    Black like me

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