Hello, I am black
It is not who I am but the color of my skin
Not my name but what I am known for
Hello,I am black
This is a statement and fact
Something to which I can not change
No matter how much others may want it
I can not dye it a certain flavor
To make it easier for others to savour
It doesn’t change my insides
Though I know how much you want me to hide
Hi, I am black
This fact holds me back
Makes others decide my fate in life
Not allowed to say my piece before it is pointed out to me
That I am, in fact, black
Judge and hated by those who crave it
A rebellious phase to touch
Punished lust, so hide we must
Locked doors with a passion
My skin worn like Fashion
Hello, I am black
This statement brings a bad taste to your mouth
Apology accepted for your ancestors lies
Yet sit and swallow your own words everytime a
Black person gives you a verse
Judge least not be judged
Your ancestors chose a path that you have since denied
Yet you turn a blind eye to what has not changed
Hi, I am black
I am still suppose to sit towards the back
Accept the fact that you are the golden one
Shut my mouth against the hurt and the pain
That you have since spit anyways
But it is not always your fault
See others who share my trait still hate
Still try and hit me behind the stable
Cause I am different and unable
To love someone with the same traits
The same facts as me.
Call me a slave who loves thy master
Stockholm Syndrome spewed from a friendly pastor.
Whose only saving Grace is their age.
Their wisdom behind what truly happened.
Laying with the same face that beats and rapes
Is this what was suppose to happen?
Have I made my ancestors proud?
Hello, I am black
And this fact has shaped my very being
Made me say an do things I do not mean
Made me afraid of change for change sake
Made me hate those who continue to debate the truth
The truth being that I am just like you.
With all my traits, we are the same
On the inside at least
My skin should not be the factor for my future and my past
Should not be the reason I am set back by the classes
Hated by masses who look like me
Speak like me
Think like me
All because I am black
Hated by those who hurt like me
Who are broken like me
Who live their lives like me
Because I decided to ignore the divide
And love someone I shouldn’t
There is a thin line between us all yet I dared to be the bridge
So watch as others shield the eyes of their kids
Watch as they turn their backs on my fact
Because of whom I love and the color that is me
Hello, I am black
This is statement and fact
But it should not define me
