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Post by Admin on Sept 12, 2020 13:23:29 GMT -4
TELL ME WHAT YOU HEAR ME SPEAK COMING FROM MY MOUTH
YOU HEAR PAIN MY BROTHER AND SISTERS YOU HEAR MY CRIES YOU HEAR MY SUFFERING FROM THE TIME GOD KNEW WHO I WOULD BE.
WHEN NO ELSE WOULD LOOK INTO MY SOUL WHEN I WAS CRYING FROM INSIDE OUT FOR SOMEOME TO JUST HEAR ME I WAS TO LIGHT OR FAIR SKIN I JUST WASN'T BLACK ENOUGH BUT I WAS.
I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE NOT TO BE KILL OR KILL SOMEONE WHO HAD IT OUT FOR ME JUST BECAUSE I AM A FIGHTER FOR MY PEOPLE OH GAL YOU BETTER NOT NOT SAY OR DO THOSE THINGS BUT I COULDN'T STOP FOR MY CAUSE I JUST COULDN'T STOP.
WHO WOULD WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE THE COLOR YOU ARE ISN'T THE RIGHT COLOR OR YOUR JUST LAZY FOR BEING BLACK...YES BLACK IS ONLY A WORD OF COLOR BUT WHAT DID IT MAKE YOU FEARFUL OF ME OH PLEASE I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE NO VOICE WHEN I OPEN UP TO YOU ARE YOU REALLY LISTENING TOO ME AT ALL GOD WHY DO I HAVE TO SCREAM ALL THE TIME JUST TO BE HEARD WHY ?
I AM ANGRY FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET I CARRY WITH ME HATE OH NO THAT WORD IS TO STRONG I CARRY PAIN I FEEL IT EVERYDAY I GET UP TILL I GO TO BED. DON'T I DESERVE BETTER DON'T I DESERVE SOME OF THAT GOOD LIFE OH I THINK I DO.
NOW YOU KNOW WHY I FEEL LIKE FIRE THERE IS A RAGE OF EMOTIONS IN ME A BLACK WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN HER ALL BUT STILL FEEL LIKE SHES WORST NOTHING.
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