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New Time Same Problem Still Prejudice

NEW TIME SAME PROBLEM STILL PREJUDICE

I am colored by my skin type is...
Dark brown I am black
If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the dark, is alike;
We were created by a colorless God, how’s that;
It’s not are physical being but our spirit that’s the real thing;
That lives on, and on and on forever;
New time, same problem still prejudice;

I am American black;
If I offend you then just step aside;
No one says I am any better than you so you sigh;
Yet no one should condemn me because I’m not you;
There’s only one race and that’s the human race;
Open your eyes look at my face;
God has created this;

And only one soul that we all know;
Without skin, bone this here flesh is…
Just a house for our spiritual man the soul;
Is our true inner self, for without breath?
Our true self lives on forever, forever, and ever and ever;

If the color of my skin offends you, then;
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the dark, is alike;
We were created by a colorless God, how’s that;
It’s not are physical being but our spirit that’s the real thing;
That lives on, and on and on forever;
New time, same problem still prejudice;


I am Latino medium browned;
Speak Mexican, may be improvised looking for work;
Might even be a illegal-alien not by choice was cohered;
Dum founded…………
If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the dark, is alike;
We were created by a colorless God, how’s that;
It’s not are physical being but our spirit that’s the real thing;
That lives on, and on and on forever;
New time, same problem still prejudice;


And only one soul that we all know;
Without skin, bone this here flesh is…
Just a house for our spiritual man the soul
Is our true inner self, for without breath?
Our true self lives on forever, forever, and ever and ever


If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the dark, is alike;
We were created by a colorless God, how’s that;
It’s not are physical being but our spirit that’s the real thing;
That lives on, and on and on forever;
We’re all just mere men spirits encased in skin;
For our true selves our spirits and souls go on for eternity;
New time, same problem still prejudice;



I am Asian of Vietnamese decent;
If you’re mad at me wasn’t my fault your father died in the war;
Battling for the rights of independents of ours;
We’re all just mere men spirits encased in skin;
For our true selves our spirits and souls go on for eternity;
New time, same problem still prejudice;



If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the dark, is alike;
We were created by a colorless God, how’s that;
It’s not are physical being but our spirit that’s the real thing;
That lives on, and on and on forever;


I am of Japanese decent not my fault your grandfather died in the war;
While stationed at Pearl Harbor;
We’re all just mere men spirits encased in skin;
We’re all just mere men spirits encased in skin;
For our true selves our spirits and souls go on for eternity;
New time, same problem still prejudice;



If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the dark, is alike;
We were created by a colorless God, how’s that;
It’s not are physical being but our spirit that’s the real thing;
That lives on, and on and on forever;
We’re all just mere men spirits encased in skin;
For our true selves our spirits and souls go on for eternity;
New time, same problem still prejudice;


10/01/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018

Copyright © James Edward Lee Sr. | Year Posted 2018

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