Ghetts - Double Standards

[Intro: Sampha]
Da, du-du-du-du
Du, da-da-da-da-da
Du
Du, psh
Du-du-du, hm
Du-du-du, yeah

[Chorus: Sampha, Ghetts]
Check the foundations, structural imbalance
Falling double standards, I fell on my face
Hands in the rubble, people walking over me
I was one of them and kept walking away
I kept walking away (Away)
Away (Away)
Away
I kept walking away (Away)
Away (Away)
Away
I kept walking away (Uh)

[Verse 1: Ghetts]
Look around the world, all I see is double standards
A mum naming her son Muhammed is a madness
Jack's in the airport with drugs in his baggage
And security are troublin' Muhammed 'bout a sandwich (Uh)
I was on the phone with a pal of mine, they ask me why they helpin' Ukraine and not Palestine
And I replied "brown skin," we were so whitewashed
Laughin' at names we had problems pronouncin'
Kwame said his name was Jerome
And he's from the Caribbean just so people would leave alone
And I remember it was fufu and voodoo jokes
Until he found the same thing that gave Zulu's hope
Sarah's dad hates Blacks, but her baby's mixed race
And all he's thinkin' is, "She may have been raped"
Imagine bein' light skin, but grandad's racist
And every time you're there, you hear an African statement
Look around the world, all I see is double standards
Even Mark Zuckerburg covers up his cameras
Steve Jobs never let his kids use an iPad
And my kids think that I'm bad, mad
Nie had no TV until she was a grown up
I used to think, "What the fuck?" When she told us
The government have got us in a chokehold
A hero if I kill for my country, and a villain if I kill for my postcode
Only fightin' for my freedom if it comes to it
You got to use your brain before you put a gun to his
Had to lose my way before I understood the trip
The good die young, the cemetery's full of "Should've beens"
These days, I'm doin' more and sayin' less
What's war? War's rich white men playin' chess
What for? Well, it's all about the land they finesse
God made man and man made a mess (Yes)