Dear Racist White America
Don't label me when you know not who I am
You think you know it all, in just one glance
The first to say don't judge a book by it's cover
Yet first to assume simply based on color
You see the naps in my hair and you don't understand
My darker skin, no it is not a tan
I was born this way, and I know you're jealous
Your nose jobs, fake tans, make-up, trying to embellish
The natural beauty that I have, you may never posses
Yet you try and put us down as if we are something less.
News flash, update, let me tell you something
Stop calling me African American, trying to separate me from you
I've never been to Africa, I'm simply American, proud and true
Born and raised in these great United States
That all of our ancestors helped build, so stop with the hate.
Gone but never forgotten is the history of OUR country
From the revolution, the abolition, to attacks on our homeland security.
The history is mine just as much as it is yours,
Why do we separate it, under play it, when there is so much more
Wake up America, we are a melting pot
You can try with all your might, but the mixing is never going to stop.
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