black

I'm tired of hearing all these stories today

sad news sad to say 

i dont want to be looking through my window 

at growing pains of the world that can't be saved 

I mean even on my bad days 

i'm trying to stay sane 

whatever it is going on in my brain 

has to be what'll make me gain

more knowledge to a situation

I'm just tired of alligations 

I'm tired of segregation 

I'm tired of worrying about the color of my skin 

to get me to where I need to fit in 

I'm tired of being the minority 

Why can't I just be me 

And only me 

Why can't I be a great lady 

and not a great black lady 

Because the truth of the matter is 

they believe my color is degrading '

it lesses my value 

and i have nothing but gratitude 

for being the black one on the market 

What people don't see is how it started 

USA was founded on racism and its going on at this very day 

There is no way to get away

and it seems we as a people can never band together 

to over come anything 

I guess that now this is the thing 

But I was always warned to never be part of such things

its sad i grew up being told that people don't like us 

theres no one we can trust 

and its crazy how true it is 

damn

I guess theres no other way to live.......