THE WHITE MANDINGOS – My First White Girl

The White Mandingos are a rock supergroup from Woodstock, New York consisting of rapper Murs, former Rolling Stone journalist and MTV / VH1 producer Sacha Jenkins and Bad Brains’ bassist Darryl Jenifer.

The band was formed in late 2012 when Jenkins met up at Jenifer’s house in Woodstock to discover if there was anything in common between their respective favourite music genres. They considered their initial collaborations unimpressive, so Jenkins suggested collaborating with Murs, who provided lyrics.

Their first album, The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me was released in June 2013, and followed with a short tour of the eastern United States, including gigs in New York’s New Museum, Boston and Washington DC. The album is a concept album around Tyrone White, a young black man from a New York City housing project, who subsequently obtains a recording contract and gets a white girlfriend. Jenifer and Jenkins have described the album Tommy by The Who as an important influence. Reviewing the album, Baltimore City Paper’s Baynard Woods thought the group “actually manage to do service to punk and hip hop” and praised the band’s sense of humour, particularly the music video for their first single, “My First White Girl”. Washington City Paper’s Marcus J Moore described the video for the group’s “Warn A Brotha” as “a cool ode to skateboarding”.

[Verse 1: Murs] I wanted her to grow up to be my soccer mom The white girl that I shoulda’ took to prom Her blonde hair was just like sun-rays She took me far from the block with the gun play On Sundays she would make me vegan food And lots of other shit I’d probably never be into When we traveled I would be the only black person Except the gay best friend, he was half Persian

[Hook: Murs:] And she truly was the apple of my eye Never wanted her to ever leave my sight Miss America, American as apple pie My first white girl, her first black guy Pure love sent from the most high Racist bullshit came from both sides My homies used to say she wasn’t that fly My first white girl her first black guy

[Verse 2: Murs] We used to go to fancy dinners with the folks It would feel like a episode of Different Strokes She smelled like a dog when her hair was wet She said my hair felt like a chia pet She couldn’t take much direct sunlight Sunburn, no sex, not a fun night Newsflash white girls have ass too And for some of you sisters that’s bad news See rock shows near São Paulo Get tickets as low as $66 You might also like Guilty of Being White White Mandingos I Don’t Understand White Mandingos Mandingo Rally White Mandingos [Hook]

[Verse 3: Murs] I would yell and she’d never say a word back She used the word cock, I never heard that We would get drunk off a ton of liquor I’d say you white bitch and she’d cum quicker She told me, don’t believe the white lies My dick was no bigger than a white guys She looked like Topanga from Boy Meets World Her first black guy, my first white girl

[Hook]