Who Are Trying To Look Like?!

You tell me that my skin is too dark,

So I use makeup or even bleach my skin.

You tell me that my nose too big,

So I got that reduced.

You tell me that me that my lips are too big,

So I got them reduced too.

You tell me that myis too big!

Damn! I get reduced as well!

You tell me that my hair is too “unruly,”

So I straighten my hair.

Even if it requires chemical warfare.

To achieve that “good hair!”

BUT HERE’S THE KICKER!

You go out in the sun or to tanning a salon,

To darken your skin. 

You go incognito to a plastic surgeon,

Here you walk out with lips on swoll with collagen!

Depending on what you can afford,

You have injections shot in yourcheeks and hips.

And you style your hair with certain

“Afrocentric panache,”

Like it’s a fashion trend.

WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO LOOK LIKE, RIGHT NOW?!

ME!