Light skins
Dark skins
White skins
Yellow skins
Aren't we all the same within?
Don't we all have neighborhoods we reside in?
So why must we rely on old world order to fly on
Why can't we let bygones be bygones?
Hold the hand of your fellow human being
Why is peace something worth fleeing?
Is this really how we fulfill 1960's American dreaming?
Is racism still something really worth believing?
Is it really that hard to live in a world color blind?
In 2014: fellow human binds a contract with fellow human
Saying this is no longer something worth doing
Are you kidding me saying you hate light skins?
Man, how do you expect respect from someone outside your race
When you hate someone with lighter skin and the same face?
Efface the concept of race I say: set the pace
Be the change you wish to see: I'm not saying be Gandhi
Do not profess your discontentment
If you're not willing to confess the confession
Because until you've learned the lesson
Tell me what's the point of your addressing
These issues are ones that must be self-solved
You cannot rely on others to let the world be absolved
If you do not practice what you preach
How can you expect others to turn the other cheek?
Do not set the standard if you cannot live up to it
Do not seek out something if you cannot hover it
Because covering the same story
Isn't about to change a damn thing
Unleashing its driving force: now that's something
Let freedom ring: let the caged birds sing
If you feel disposition do not project that onto your fellow being
You are not less valuable because of your darker complexion
Do not mistake that for entitlement to hate lighter skin
You are not more beautiful because of your freckled chin
Do not mistake that for shame
I am mixed and I've been told I'm light skinned
I've been told I'm an Oreo and I belong to no one's kin
They say I should feel inferior about the nature of my exterior
But it's okay to feel superior if darkness makes your skin ulterior
But don't think I believe dark skins bare ulterior motives
I do not have prejudice
I do not grasp the concept of menace
For human beings, we have relationships so precious
So why be reckless and forget Exodus
We once were segregated
But the chained have been emancipated
So why waste time not being integrated
I understand where you're coming from
Your rage is premeditated
But let's take the cage off your mind
Disengage from the hateful crimes
And remind ourselves that we are not many races
But one
God did not create every man equal
But he did create every man human