this is my skin i live in it and i’ll die in it
but i’ll never be ashamed of this skin
my color tells a story of my roots
and i’ll never be ashamed of that
this is my skin i’ll love in and i’ll hate it in
but it’ll always be mine
this black skin is me
and i’ll never be ashamed of that
Sean Bell got filled with a war’s worth of bullets
& the marriage rates got better
Bo Morrison got killed with his hands up
& people invested in garages
Oscar Grant was slain, belly pressed to the floor
& I need a Tide-To-Go pen for this stain
Trayvon Martin was black at the wrong time
& JC Penny ran out of hoodies
got his light drained
& everybody tasted the rainbow
Matthew Shepard was made scarecrow
& white picket fences made a come back
Latasha Harlins died over OJ
& I still need a pack of cigarettes from the store
10 Black girls went missing & you found your keys
10 Black boys died & mama said kids these days
10 Black boys got shot outside the schoolhouse
& everybody got one extra fry at lunch
6 So ive been on YouTube alot lately watching people talk about whats wrong with black men or black women and all i got was the only way you can feel good about yourself is if you putting down the other sex
and thats just bs i think alot of black people get sideytracked by this stuff
when really the only way to solve the black men and women problem is rising our children better
The next generation can be better but
We have to teach them that the blame game doesn’t solve anything .
Tyler Perry loves to tell a good morality tale. Whether his movies or stage plays are offering up what goes for humor in Perry’s universe by way of Perry in drag as Madea , or chronicling a wealthy man learning how to be true to himself and others, or following tight-knit friends as they…
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Before I start this blog I will let you know that I am of mixed race, half black and half white. I grew up in an all white fairly rural town and because of this most of my friends are white. People often tell me that I act really “white.” I often wonder how white people act. And…
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