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the Montagues

by Glenn Saddler

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soooo, this is a song about interracial relationships! specifically how the discrimination against interracial relationships shapes the identity of the people in them.

hopefully the song makes more sense than the description.

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(Chorus)
no introductions
i won't even meet the parents
nigga, i'm a montague
there will never be a marriage (2x)

(Verse 1)
she can never take me home
see, i'm lucky to meet her friends
love in a hushed tone
keep our secrets till the end
yeah, i keep it
keep it don't speak it
but don't fucking pretend
she forsakes me in public
in private she makes amends
she makes amends for perceptions of my skin
but for that there's no defense
so i try not to take offense
oh, i try not to think at all
'cause that makes not a bit of sense
see, i'm a montague
and this ends 'fore it begins

(Chorus)
no introductions
i won't even meet the parents
nigga, i'm a montague
there will never be a marriage (2x)

(Bridge 1)
there will never be a marriage
there could never be a marriage
how could there ever be a marriage…

when every girl i met is a fucking capulet?
and i ain't ever known no niggas named romeo (2x)

(Verse 2)
i know the girl of my dreams
but it's hard to believe
and it's hard to make a move
(you'd) think i was a sneaker fiend
waiting for the shoe to drop
or should i say hightop?
head over mine
until my fucking beat stops
heart break
mind gone
ahead a couple time zones
to avoid the bell tolls
head shots
death blows
i just want a girl that i can die for
you know
i just want a girl that i can live for
who don't
color of my skin shouldn't matter
fuck you
got real shit i'm trying to battle
montague

(Bridge 2)
man, i'm more than a montague
yet i am still a montague
swear i'm more than a montague
same time i'm still a montague

(Outro)
i said it's more than a birthright
more than a namesake
shit is hard to live with
but i guess you can't change fate (3x)
nor the skin on my face

(author, poet, activist, etc. James Baldwin speaking during an interview in the 60's)

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released February 14, 2013
produced by Glenn Saddler

gtr by Kyle Drew

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