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The Vixen Drops Her Own 'American' Verse, Calls Out Racism & RuPaul
"They poke at us call it a test, b*tch go have your cigarette."
RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 contestant The Vixen seems to be wondering "what if?" with her latest viral video. The controversial queen dropped her own verse to RuPaul's "Amercian," which last season's Top 4 wrote verses and performed to in the final challenge.
In her verse, Vixen calls out RuPaul's (perhaps noninclusive) use of the word "everybody," America's institutionalized racism, talks about her upbringing and activism, and even references that iconic yelling match with Eureka O'Hara.
Read the lyrics below:
"I’ve been protesting since the seventh grade
Cause financial aid ain’t ever paid
They build prisons just to set us straight
But ain’t got the funds to come educate
It was a godsend way back then
I learn social studies from a black man
Who was proud to tell me my history
Was more than what this country done did to me
So fuck slave ships and assassinations
We invented shit let’s get black to greatness
This woke shit be exasperating
And y’all shrug it off like I’m exaggerating
Fuck you expect from all this neglect
When the day you’re born you treated as a threat
And taught to live with the disrespect
Like getting first place and treated second-best
They move the finish line and say we overstep
And y’all still don’t get it yet
They poke at us call it a test
Bitch go have your cigarette."
Since season 10's airing, The Vixen has refused to be pigeonholed as the villain or a mad black woman by RuPaul's Drag Race producers and fans alike. Read more about The Vixen's upbringing and activism here!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
