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it's on you

by emily the band

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This song is about white supremacy and white people’s responsibility to fix it. We will not be keeping the streaming revenue from this song. Instead, we will donate that money to Black transgender sex workers. If you can make your own contributions, you can do so by directing funds to the people posted on @blackwomenexhale on Instagram.

lyrics

[Choir vocalizing]
Oooh
Call it what it is
Call it what it is

Oh, it’s not your fault
That it’s under your skin
And you’ve been spoon-fed
All the words you’ve been using up
To brush it off

But a king doesn’t earn
The crown on his head from hard work,
It’s in his blood instead
And the jewels aren’t his
They’ve never been

It’s on you
It’s on you to flush it out of your system
To sit down, shut up, and listen
Oh, you should be mad as hell

Oh, ooh, hey
Oh, ooh, hey

Call it what it is
Saving face can’t save a life
And things are not “just crazy,”
It’s white “supremacy”

Oh, the story of your arrest
Isn’t a party trick
Cause far too often for the innocent,
Those lead to their last breath

And it’s on you
It’s on you to flush it out of your system
To sit down, shut up, and listen
Oh, you should be mad as hell

Oh, ooh, hey
Oh, ooh, hey

It’s on you to tear down the walls that
Built you up but kept others out
And use those bricks you have
To pave a better road

It’s on you to tear down the walls that
Built you up but kept others out
And use those bricks you have
To pave a better road

And it’s on you
It’s on you to flush it out of your system
To sit down, shut up, and listen
Oh, you should be mad as hell

Oh, ooh, hey
Oh, ooh, hey

And it’s on you (Call it what it is)
It’s on you
It’s on you (Call it what it is)
And it’s on me too

And it’s on you (Call it what it is)
It’s on you
It’s on you (Call it what it is)
And it’s on me too, oh

[Choir vocalizing]
Call it what it is, call it what it is
Call it what it is, call it what it is

credits

released October 22, 2021
Emily Antonacci - Lyrics, ukulele, vocals
Cami Proctor - Arrangement, composition, producer guitar, bass, synth, vocals
Connor Billard - Producer
Ginger Batton - Album Art
Sarah Marie Dillard - Lyrical contributions

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emily the band Peoria, Illinois

emily the band is a three-piece queer girl group based in Peoria, Illinois, composed of Emily Antonacci (vocals, ukulele, songwriting), Cami Proctor (guitar, vocals, melodica, arrangements, composition), and Abbey Haste (drums, percussion). They have played sad-girl ukulele pop at venues around Illinois since April 2021.

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