The white people who sailed here and caused so much destruction. The white people who destroyed my community. The white people who killed so many of us. Who gets to decide what is recorded and remembered? Illness is a constant threat that can strike at any time.Īre the so-called primitive people actually less advanced? If I show weakness, the white people will kill me without hesitation. I cannot trust anyone and must use deceitful methods to stay alive. I must engage in ruthless tactics to survive. The white people destroyed our way of life and traditions. They killed our strongest and most noble members. The white people killed everyone in my tribe. I have forgotten what it was like to live my old life. There is nothing to trigger memories of my old life. Only a tiny bit of anger remains inside me. The chorus of the song poses a series of existential questions that challenge the idea of the white man as superior and civilized: 'Who discovered who?/Is the primitive man?/Who is the beast?/Who wrote the history?' In the context of the song, these questions expose the myth of white supremacy and highlight the violence and oppression wrought by European colonialism. The second verse draws attention to the idea of starting anew: 'A new life is born from today/Learn to walk fast in this game.' However, this new life is tainted by the white man's cruelty and their imposition of a 'dirty game with no honesty.' The narrator's death is seemingly inevitable, a result of 'disease waiting on my back.' The opening lines of the song convey a sense of loss and displacement - 'Nothing remains of my past/Just a little hatred/A little fear inside.' The arrival of the white man has wiped out the narrator's tribe, crushed their beliefs, and killed their best pride. Neurosis Inc.'s song The White Man is a powerful commentary on the destructive impact of colonization on indigenous communities.

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