Guilty of Being White / It Follows

I'm sorry
For something that I didn't do
Lynched somebody
But I don't know who
You blame me for slavery
A hundred years before I was born

Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white

Oh, I'm sorry
For something that I didn't do
Lynched somebody
But I don't know who
You blame me for slavery
A hundred years before I was born

Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white

I'm a convict (Guilty!)
Of a racist crime (Guilty!)
I've only served (Guilty!)
Nineteen years of my time

I'm sorry
For something that I didn't do
Lynched somebody
But I don't know who
You blame me for slavery
A hundred years before I was born

Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white
Guilty of being white

I thought I had left it behind
In another fucking time
When boys were boys, girls were girls
And faces were hard to find

It followed me
It followed me
It followed me
It followed me

All the stupid thinking
The stupid people thought
The rules that we lived by
The friends that we bought

The asshole with a strong arm
In the shape of floating friends
The young ladies and their secrets
In the soap that never ends

It followed me
It followed me
It followed me
It followed me

You know, I thought I'd outrun it
When I crossed the tracks
I thought I had gotten away
But it tapped me on the back