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Tom

from You Will Never Understand (The State of Soul) by Tornup x Arkatype

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The goal is that no matter what perspective one has on this album, every character should have a point. An earnest appeal to reason that the listener can understand even if they don't agree. This song comes from the vantage point of the stereotypical "Uncle Tom". Represented here is how the character feels he sounds versus how the rest of the world hears his voice. Maybe he's just got his own opinion, maybe he's too generally projecting the narrative of his fortune onto a community that is still fighting for equality. Maybe the two could be of better service to each other if they weren't painting caricatures of each other. Who knows?

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"Tom"

The word, the talk, is I'm Urkel, rocking Birken-socks, clocking in a circus tent working office jobs. It's absurd. And I've got a lot of love for everybody, but I don't like none of y'all. Pressure got me treating Joe Plumber just like a son-in-law. A hundred "nah's", my "nigga". Fuck you. Nothing's wrong. And when I'm on, you're on my lawn, I've rung the gong, so listen. You want a pawn? You'd better ponder on. I'm prominent. You call me "Uncle Tom", an ad-hominem, but I'm dominant! You want to fight, say I want to be white? That's that "I-did-everything-right" ridicule, so why in the fuck should I be invisible?

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from You Will Never Understand (The State of Soul), released February 1, 2019

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