Do Better

I used to play Apache at the end of every show
 Till a brother pulled me aside he just had let me know
 He said my girl is Native, and she hates when people play it
 So when she saw you dancing, she just-wanted to go home
 I meant nothing by it I replied, she understood
 How could something be offensive that made people feel so good
 He broke it down
 Apache's not the name of a tribe
 It's a word the Zuni and the Spaniards used to describe
 Natives, so it's probably best translated as enemy
 Listen further and you can understand her energy
 The systematic oppression of their genetic pool
 There's plenty about it that they won't ever teach in school
 Tonto is Spanish for a moron or fool
 And the war chants, unnecessary as well as cruel
 Manifest destiny the concept is so odd
 Displacing and pillaging in the name of a righteous God
 Who promotes peace
 While infesting them with small pox
 Which ran through camps like Mike Alstott
 Virtually exterminating millions, in a systematic way
 Till only a quarter million natives are still alive today
 So, when you dance and smile on stage your hurt may go away
 But when I hear it, I'm reminded of all of the pain
 All The murders, the sterilizations, kidnappings, and enslavement
 So I just had to make a statement
 She educated me so now I'm passing it to you
 And now that you know better, tell me what you gonna do
 I'm gonna make a change as well as try to educate
 So I appreciate you broadening my view,
 So I'mma do better
 Do better
 The stars and the bars were a failed experiment
 Representing a system of enslaved Americans
 Yet southerners will try to Change the narrative
 Pained with arrogance confusing Hate for heritage
 A symbol of supremacy for generations
 I'd rather see real change occur within the nation
 If we just fighting over cloth, and no other change comes across,
 Well then it's obvious this is all for naught, cause
 We get busy, From South Carolina to Mississippi
 Imagine being that far on the wrong side of hist'ry
 Where Monuments to lifestyles you don't believe in
 Stare at you in ever state and you don't see the grievance
 You think you know me man, the Situations lonely
 Even when I taught I never gave Participation trophies
 We want justice, pass it down
 Till the last statue comes crashing down
 Do better
 Do better
 Sending this one out to whoever
 If you knew better you would do better
 And now you know