Skunk Anansie-Intellectuallize My Blackness
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Intro
Main riff x3 followed by E7#9 (076780) x2
Verse (bass only)
I hit him with a piece of his philosophy
Anglo-Saxon muck in his type of greed
What did he do to deserve such hate?
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He tried to intellectualise my blackness
Bridge
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He tried to summarise, to institutionalise
Bb5 A5
Still I could recognise he was materialised
Chorus
E7#9
He tried to intellectualise my blackness
G5
To make it easier for his whiteness
A5
He tried to intellectualise my blackness
E7#9
Oh, save me, save me!
Verse
He's always tryin' to make up for his little slips
The joke about the n***a and the yellow nip
And then he tells me I'm so different from those other s***s
When he tries to intellectualise my blackness
Bridge
He tried to summarise, to institutionalise
Still I could recognise, he was materialised
Chorus
He tried to intellectualise my blackness
To make it easier for his whiteness
He tried to intellectualise my blackness
Oh, save me, save me!
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Middle
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Oh, m**********r don't you lecturise me
Yeah, don't you ever try to lecturise me, yeah
m**********r don't you lecturise me, oh no
Chorus
He tried to intellectualise my blackness
To make it easier for his whiteness
He tried to intellectualise my blackness
E7#9 E5
Oh, save me, save me, save!
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