NOFX – Don’t Call Me White
[Verse 1]
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
The connotation’s wearing my nerves thin
Could it be semantics generating the mess we’re in?
I understand that language breeds stereotype
But what’s the explanation for the malice, for the spite?
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
[Verse 2]
I wasn’t brought here, I was born
Circumcised, categorized, allegiance sworn
Does this mean I have to take such shit
For being fair-skinned? No!
I ain’t a part of no conspiracy
I’m just your average Joe
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Represents everything I hate
The soap-shoveled images of rape
Of violence and male dominance
And even of God in white America
[Pre-Chorus]
White, white, white, white!
Don’t call me white!
White, white, white, white!
Don’t call me white!
We’re better off this way
Say what you wanna say
But don’t generalize me
Or color-code my face
[Final Chorus]
‘Cause I ain’t a goddamn poster child
For some “white American style”
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white
Don’t call me white…
NOFX – Don’t Call Me White