Vows

I refused to be ignored, helpless, and labeled as another bad seed I refuse to fall in the trap that these so called "statistics" has made for me I refuse to be stupid and take my education for granted I refuse to put down a custom or culture because I don't understand it I refuse to not speak my mind, I refuse to not say what I mean I refuse to be called anything other than a civilized human being I refuse tosatisfy enemies by holding my head down in shame I refuse to be a traitor by slurring my brothers and sisters name I refuse to prove statistics right by fitting their description of a "normal black teen" I refuse to be black and not know what being black means I refuse to lack i n education when it was given to me to have I refuse to not have a future when it is there for me to grasp I refuse to apologize for being different and for not fitting in I refuse to try to please other people, because that is a battle that I will never win I refuse to try to be like images in the magazines I refuse to be corrupted by what I see in the media and on my T.V. screen But most of all I refuse to be anything other than me -Lyric-