They fear you because they've seen you
Rise above adversity
They'd rather misjudge and condemn you
than discover that you're truly worthy
Better to criminalize
and trivialize the things that bother you
Better to make you sad,
say you have no reason to be mad at
the way things are
They only wanna be Black when it's cool
not when it's real
They don't want to know how it feels
to be considered lesser than
or to be referred to as "that friend"
No, they leave that to you
They say you have no culture
But they derive their sound and style from you
It makes me wonder, wonder
without you, what would they do?
where would they find inspiration?
Better to say you have no education,
you'll never be bigger than where you come from
the best things about you can't be copied
it's in your DNA, to be great
This Blackness, oh, they can't assume it
They wanna bottle it up, wish they could consume it
But it's yours, and you can't lose it
Wear it proudly and say it loudly
And love it truly and be it fully -
Just Black.
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