Lou Reed Lyrics-34 – Don’t wanna be a f***ed up middle-class college student (from “I Wanna Be Black”) (Now Playing Week 13)

As with most of his songs, this is not the voice of Lou. It’s the voice of a character that Lou created – a white, middle-class college student who has no desire to remain normal, nor any interest in doing so. 

Become something else

He wants something more in his life, he wants something else. In fact, he wants to become something else. He wants to change his entire socio-cultural identity.    

Of course, that’s impossible. The only realm in which such a drastic and world-shattering change is possible is the fictional world of Lou’s creation.

I Wanna Be Black, Lou Reed …

Lou Reed, Anthology of Memorable Lyrics. _{Images sourced from Google Images}