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Life for me has never been rich
My life somewhere has always started in a ditch
A ditch that could make you get stiches if you glitch
I’ve always wanted my life to be like the people on television
But I’ve always been told it wasn’t my decision
I was told I was too black and it would cause a collision
I was told even the littlest drop of black would cause friction
I wasn’t woke by that time
I didn’t realize being as brown as I was cost dimes on top of dimes
I didn’t realize color sparked a sound in white folks head and it was a chime
I go to school white
I learned you can’t get away from white
Even if you try to take flight
Even if you take a flight to Africa you could see how our race dies.
No I don’t have to wake up and worry about getting shot
But the school I go to the kids have always left a dot
A dot as in an aim for a shot
I’ve been to schools where white kids have brought guns to school
Just to kill our race and rule
They don’t understand our magic and realize that we are the ones who are cool.
School isn’t even here to teach us about our culture
Soon enough my color and darker will be erased from the next generations future
It’s just going to be a distraction and a lure
I came here to speak life about my color and to find a cures
