At first when I watched stew’s performance for the first time it confused me. Then I went back and listened to it again to try to listen better to the lyrics. What I think he is trying to convey is that we still have racism in America. It’s good that this is a performance instead of a piece of writing or a poem because it has a stronger effect on the audience that way. When he is up on stage doing his song you can see his facial expressions and hear his tone on different parts of the song. You really get a better sense of what he means and where he is coming from since you can see him.
One comment somebody left was, “…I found the song very boring and redundant…Black men ski. I know I’ve seen it.” I think that this person is taking Stew’s performance way to literally. I don’t agree, the point of this song in my opinion is that there are a lot of different people living in America today and we don’t all get the same treatment.
If I were to leave Stew a comment I would tell him that I really like his lyrics. They are poetic, yet complex. Meaning you can listen to his words, hear the rhymes, and enjoy his music. But behind the rhymes there is deep meaning to his words and I think he does a great job conveying them.