I Make No Apologies
I make no apologies for who I am
EITHER SHOULD YOU
From the tip of this curly dark brown hair
Down to the shoes I wear
As the dragon raps around my arm
For my ancestors 400 plus years of this
I will not accept nor have my hopes up for anymore broke promises from anyone
I make no apologies for the heart broken neighborhood that made the man today
I accept no apologies from the people that said I wouldn’t make it
I make no apologies for the same reason that I was one of the few men to make it out of
these hoods
That has force me to hold my head high and for my chest to poke out
I make no apologies that I was born into a poor family
I make no apologies for having a few of the strongest black women in my life behind me
That has told me to hold fast to what I want in life
I make no apologies to the people that said to me that I am a geek
But look at me now
I strongly make no apologies for having more ambitions then the next guy
Going after three majors instead of one
I will not accept any apologies from anybody that blames there unsuccessful life on a person
Because I didn’t have my father but I know how to be a man
I most defiantly will not accept any apologies from men calling females b**** and hoes
because they don’t know their names
Learn them
Women you aren’t safe either
I will not accept for any reason why you can’t carry yourself as a woman.
And let men degrade you like cattle
I will not make any apologies for these things because I am a man
And because of that I carry myself as such
I have found out that men don’t make apologies for who they are
They only accept it and move on
This is why I will not and cannot make no apologies for the man I am
So why are you!!!!
Copyright © Charlston Manning | Year Posted 2009
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