Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My granddaddy told me plain
Don’t trust the map they drew
Some doors got carved for some
And locked up tight for you
I saw it in the bank line
In the schoolyard chalk dust too
In the way a smile can freeze
When it lands on me and you
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t call it old
Don’t call it gone
It got a fresh new suit
Same hate, same song
[Chorus]
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Racism’s here
Still breaking through
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
It learns your name
And follows you
[Verse 2]
A badge, a stare, a jury room
A job that “went elsewhere”
A hand that grips too hard
Then says it never cared
The joke at the dinner table
The blame on blood and skin
The quiet that protects it
Is how it keeps moving in
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t call it old
Don’t call it gone
It got a fresh new suit
Same hate, same song
[Chorus]
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Racism’s here
Still breaking through
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
It learns your name
And follows you
[Bridge]
I want my children free
From the lesson of fear
From the false white curtain
Pulled across a million years
Let the record spin
Let the witness stand
If we name the wound out loud
We can take it by the hand
[Final Chorus]
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Racism’s here
Still breaking through
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
It learns your name
And follows you
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Till the lie comes down
And we do too
Details
GeneratedJul 10, 2026
Duration3:54
LanguageEnglish
Style
Funk gospel fused with delta blues, indie jazz, and neo soul at a laid-back midtempo groove; verse rides dry guitar, brushed kit, upright bass, and mournful violin, pre-chorus opens with organ swells and stacked handclaps, chorus hits with call-and-response choir lifts and a sharp horn figure. Lead vocal stays intimate and worn, with harmony doubles, shouted turnaround tags, and quick ad-lib echoes. Ear candy: bowed violin answers, tape-stop breaths, and a cymbal wash into the last chorus. Mix is warm, gritty, and close-mic with a living-room church glow., indie jazz, gospel, funk, delta blues, violin, neo soul
Credits
Prompt byFunkyFury621
ModelAria v5.5
Prompt
A song the tells the truth about racism. (, funk gospel, delta blues, violin, indie Jazz, Neo soul)
