Cherokee Rose — Black Irish Indian

[Verse 1] I am a Black-Irish Indian But you don't know about me 'Cause nobody ever taught you Your true history You think it's a simple matter One side white, one side black In our fear and ignorance and paranoia It's knowledge that we lack [Verse 2] I've got an Irish slave owner's blood Running through my veins 'Cause by the African woman that he loved My father got his name I've got the blood and the spirit of the Indian Deep within my soul My mother's Cherokee grandmother Was a princess I am told [Chorus] So I see through, I see right through I see right through it all 'Cause the truth for my brother and my sister and me Is a very very different kind of history I don't profess to know for sure But I believe none of us are pure And in death, we're all equal [Bridge] I know it may seem confusin' But that's what happens when others do the choosin' They draw the line and you pick a side And then we all, we all end up losin' [Chorus] But I see through, I see right through I see right through it all 'Cause the truth for my brother and my sister and me Is a very, very different kind of history I don't profess to know for sure But I believe none of us are pure And in death, we're all equal [Outro] I am a Black-Irish Indian But you don't know about me 'Cause nobody ever taught you Our true history