For once in my life can i walk to
the store without all eyes on me
for once can i shop at a nice store
without all the security guards on my back
why cant i have a job down at the
post office again-oh yeah im black
why did the sweet old white lady
clutch her purse-oh yeah im still black
but what did i eva do to yall
white people-oh yeah my momma
and daddy was black
if you remember correctly yall
was the ones who put a burning
cross on my granddaddy's land
yall was the ones who hung my
great uncle Willie
so think twice about the next time
you dont wanna give me a job
cuz im darker, or the next time
i get pulled over and told to
kiss the asphalt cuz im black
a word from the poet
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its not that im racist its just that im tired of being assaulted cuz im
darker my momma used to tell me that i was blessed buy being darker that it tells a story about our legacy but now i realize that it was just to ease the pain of being a nigga
