Erasure
Corinne Bailey Rae"Erasure" is a song by Corinne Bailey Rae, released in 2023 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:37 long and contains 51 lines and 264 words.
Lyrics
0:37They Typex'd all the black kids out of the picture
0:41So when they pictured that scene they wouldn't be seen
0:44Baby girl in the front row with the cornrows
0:48Smiling at the band
0:49They made a cartoon of you
0:52They beat you into lead
0:53And made an object out of you
0:55They put out lit cigarettes
0:57Down your sweet throat
0:59They fed you to the alligators
1:01They tried to erase you
1:04They tried to erase you
1:07They tried to eviscerate you
1:10Hide behind the curtain
1:11Make you forget your name
1:14They tried to erase you
1:17They tried to erase you
1:20They tried to eviscerate you
1:22Hide behind the curtain
1:24Make you forget your name
1:26They took credit for your labor
1:29They took credit for your labor
1:32They tried to acid-wash you
1:35And paint you as a picture of patience
1:38And they killed you
1:40And they hid your broken bones
1:42In a public place
1:44And oh they wore a public face
1:46They wore a public face
1:49They wore oh
1:50They tried to erase you
1:53They tried to erase you
1:56They tried to eviscerate you
1:59Hide behind the curtain
2:00Make you forget your name
2:03They tried to erase you
2:06They tried to erase you
2:09They tried to eviscerate you
2:11Hide behind the curtain
2:13Make you forget your name
2:15The knife was clean
2:17The knife was clean
2:19The knife was clean
2:20The knife was clean
2:22The knife was clean
2:24The knife was clean
2:26Baby baby uh
2:28They fed you to the alligators
2:31They fed you to the alligators
2:34They fed you to the alligators
2:37Alligators oh yeah
They Typex'd all the black kids out of the picture So when they pictured that scene they wouldn't be seen Baby girl in the front row with the cornrows Smiling at the band They made a cartoon of you They beat you into lead And made an object out of you They put out lit cigarettes Down your sweet throat They fed you to the alligators They tried to erase you They tried to erase you They tried to eviscerate you Hide behind the curtain Make you forget your name They tried to erase you They tried to erase you They tried to eviscerate you Hide behind the curtain Make you forget your name They took credit for your labor They took credit for your labor They tried to acid-wash you And paint you as a picture of patience And they killed you And they hid your broken bones In a public place And oh they wore a public face They wore a public face They wore oh They tried to erase you They tried to erase you They tried to eviscerate you Hide behind the curtain Make you forget your name They tried to erase you They tried to erase you They tried to eviscerate you Hide behind the curtain Make you forget your name The knife was clean The knife was clean The knife was clean The knife was clean The knife was clean The knife was clean Baby baby uh They fed you to the alligators They fed you to the alligators They fed you to the alligators Alligators oh yeah
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