I am
I have never been able to hide from the fact that I am black
Because the world won’t let me
Because of the judgment it has placed
The color of my skin is black but I am brown
What is black
What is brown
Why is color used to separate us all around
Black has always been some sort of lack
To the worlds eye at least
The comparison
The mimicking
Yet we are ridiculed
Like we are nothing
Like I am nothing
You voice your voice
You are too loud
You say how you feel
You are too aggressive
You are too much
Tone it down
Are you even listening to the words
To the pain that echos all around
They want to loudly replicate our culture
But not make a peep for your safety or for you to live freely
Not a single sound
The world says I am black but I am brown
What is brown
It even has my brothers and sisters fighting over who is lighter, who is darker
We are all different
But the same
We all bleed red
Why continue to play their game
What is this system
What is this about
Destruction for all
Until there is no one left to cry out
The world says I am black, pigment says I am brown
What is black
What is brown
I am human
We are human
Take a look around
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