Black Hypocrisy by Spice
Black Hypocrisy by Spice

Black Hypocrisy

Spice * Track #1 On Captured

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Black Hypocrisy by Spice

Release Date
Tue Oct 23 2018
Performed by
Spice
Produced by
Spice
Writed by
Spice
About

Black Hypocrisy is the lead single from Spice’s debut mixtape “Captured.” It brings to light the unfortunate colourism within the black community and preaches self-love.

After a torrent of backlash for allegedly bleaching her skin, dancehall artist Spice dropped the single’s music video, confirming...

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Black Hypocrisy Lyrics

[Intro]
It's not what you expect me to say
But I'mma go ahead and say it anyway

[Verse]
('Cause) I was told I would reach further
If the colour of mi skin was lighter
And I was made to feel inferior
Cah society seh brown girls prettier
Mi love the way mi look
Mi love mi pretty black skin
Respect due to mi strong melanin
Proud of mi colour, love the skin that I'm in
Bun racism, demolish colourism
But the things weh mi a go seh
Yuh might not even have mi back
I get hate from my own race
Yes, that's a fact
'Cause the same black people dem seh I'm too black
And if yuh bleach out yuh skin dem same one come a chat

[Bridge]
Well, since yuh seh that I'm too black for you
I'll please yuh, do I look how you want me to?
Now I'm gonna see if you gonna say I'm too black for you
Or do I look pretty to you?

[Chorus]
Black people hypocrisy
Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem
Unu gwaan like seh yuh haffi brown fi pretty
Fuck di whole of dem dirty inequity
Dis a black people hypocrisy
Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem
I'm black and beautiful, I know I'm pretty
Fuck the whole of dem dirty inequity

[Verse]
Dem seh mi black til mi shine, til mi look dirty
And it's the only line in life that will ever hurt me
Because it never come from a Caucasian, trust mi
Dis a black colorism big hypocrisy
So if I wake up tomorrow look like a browning, oh!
Automatically mi would a carry di swing
Nuff a unnuh nah go like di song yah mi sing
Because nuff a unnuh guilty fi di same damn thing
What's your perception of a pretty woman (tell me)
Is it straight nose with her hair well long? (Tell me)
Black girls lose self-confident
Cause they attach the word "ugly" to our complexion

[Bridge]
Well, since yuh seh that I'm too black for you
I'll please yuh, do I look how you want me to?
Now I'm gonna see if you gonna say I'm too black for you
Or do I look pretty to you?

[Chorus]
Black people hypocrisy
Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem
Unu gwaan like seh yuh haffi brown fi pretty
Fuck di whole of dem dirty inequity
Dis a black people hypocrisy
Leave the girls dem with low self-esteem
I'm black and beautiful, I know I'm pretty
Fuck the whole of dem dirty inequity

[Outro]
(It's not what you expect me to say
But I'mma go ahead and say it anyway)

Black Hypocrisy Q&A

Who wrote Black Hypocrisy's ?

Black Hypocrisy was written by Spice.

Who produced Black Hypocrisy's ?

Black Hypocrisy was produced by Spice.

When did Spice release Black Hypocrisy?

Spice released Black Hypocrisy on Tue Oct 23 2018.

What inspired this song?

The moments that inspired this song was comments on social media from other dark-skinned women, or I should say other black women themselves. ‘Cause there’s different shades in black community. And I believe that they’re always degrading the darker skin girls, and there was a particular girl that we...

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How did this song come about?

So I physically didn’t make the beat. Jamar Kelley was the one who constructed this beat. And I led to the ideas and the instrumental, how I wanted it, and how I wanted to articulate myself. And, you know, the production, it took a long while, because I wrote and I stopped, and I came back and put i...

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Why is talking about colorism important to you?

I believe that the conversation around colorism is an important one because it’s something that is growing. It’s like a tree. Especially in my country, in Jamaica. And I think the root of it starts within the home. And it leaves from the home and it goes in to the school and then it goes on into bus...

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