Ignorance And Privilege

G                                      C/G
I was born to ignorance yes and lesser poverties
              G                D
I was born to privelige that I did not see
                Em                         Am   C
Lack of pigment in my skin, won a free and easy in
       G              D       C/G   G
Didn't know it but my way was paved
I grew up a catholic boy in a northeastern state
A place when asked, "Where you from?"
Some people tend to hesitate, reply a little bit late
As if maybe you didn't rate
I was born to ignorance and privilege
My dad ran a printing press in a tag and label factory
May have seen it as a child, now a distant memory
Almost too faint to see, dark red brick factory
Didn't know it but my way was paved
We moved from a city street shortly after I arrived
To a house on a gravel road where I learned to be alive
Crawl, walk, run and ride, that's where I learned to come alive
Didn't know it but my way was paved
      C/G            D/A    G
If the wind is at your back
C/G            D/A    G
And you never turn around
C/G            D/A    G     F# Em
You may never know the wind is there
Am7                     D/A
You may never hear the sound
Got to grow and go to school, work at home and dream at night
Even be a college fool, like I had any right
Never went through a war, never Great Depression poor
Didn't know it but my way was paved
        Am                      D/A
Nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel
Am                     D/A
Back against the wall, maybe you know how it feels

If the wind is at your back
And you never turn around
You may never know the wind is there
You may never hear the sound
I was born to ignorance yes and lesser poverties
I was born to privelige that I did not see
Lack of pigment in my skin won a free and easy in
Didn't know it but my way was paved
       Am            D/A             C/G   G
'cause I was born to ignorance and privilege

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