Quiet Poetry Lounge : TOO BLACK FOR YOU

FINDLOVEINME

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BLACKER THAN MIDNIGHT
BLACKER THAN CHAR
BLACKER THAN A ROOF TOP COVERED IN TAR
BLACKER THAN COAL
BLACKER THAN INK
BLACKER THAN THE HURT OTHERS SPEAK OR THINK

PEOPLE DON'T MIND BEING BLACK WHEN IT REFER TO THIER RACE
BUT NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE WITH THE COLOR BLACK, AS THE SKIN TONE OF THEIR FACE
BEING TOO BLACK, EVEN IN YOUR OWN RACE, CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GULITY, PITY,
DISGRACE AND DISPLACE

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL, MOST PEOPLE SAY
AS LONG AS THEY CAN SEE A REFLECTION OF THEMSELVES NIGHT & DAY

IN THE SUMMER, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT GETTING BLACK, THEN TURN AROUND AND STARE AT ME
THINKING OR SAYING PLAYFULLY, AT LEAST I’M NOT AS BLACK AS SHE

YOU TRY TO TURN AWAY,THOUGH EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU
LAUGHING AND EXPECTING YOU TO LAUGH WITH THEM TOO

BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE BLACKER THAN MIDNIGHT
BLACKER THAN CHAR
&
BLACKER THAN A ROOF TOP COVERED IN TAR

WHEN YOU ARE BLACKER THAN COAL
BLACKER THAN INK
DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE TO BLACK, TO FEEL OR THINK

PEOPLE CLAIM THAT BLACK DOESN’T REFLECT LIGHT
SHOULD I BE GRATEFUL, FOR BRIGHT EYES & TEETH SO WHITE
WHEN IT SEEMS, THAT ‘S ALL THEY SEE OF ME, WHEN I'M IN THEIR SIGHT

HOW CAN YOUR OWN PEOPLE MAKE YOU FEEL ASHAMED OF YOUR OWN SKIN
IF THOUGH I HAD A CHOICE, TO CHOOSE THE SKIN THAT I’M IN

WHAT IS BEING TOO BLACK?
I CAN STILL SEE MY LIP, I CAN STILL SEE MY FACE
I CAN STILL SEE THE DARKNESS, THAT LAST TO BE EMBRACED

I CAN STILL SEE THE NEGATIVITY, IN PEOPLE EYES
BUT AM I TO BLACK FOR THEM, TO SEE THE TEARS THAT I’VE ALREADY CRIED

BEFORE YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE BLACKNESS ON SOME ONES SKIN
LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, BECAUSE THEIR LIGHT SHINE WITHIN
AND IF YOU LOOK JUST A LITTLE CLOSER, YOU'LL REALIZE IT'S NOT A SIN

TO BE BLACKER THAN MIDNIGHT
BLACKER THAN CHAR
MADE ME ALREADY AWARE, I AM BLACKER THAN YOU ARE

BUT WHEN YOU FEEL THAT I AM,
BLACKER THAN COAL
BLACKER THAN INK
ARE YOU,AWARE OF THE WORDS, YOU SPEAK & THINK

BECAUSE SOMEOME WILL ALWAYS BE BLACKER THAN YOU, BLACKER THAN ME,
BLACKER THAN THE SKIN, YOU CLAIM YOU CAN'T SEE

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