I don't understand, the hate of each other. From country to country our sisters and brothers, Are pained for their pigment, their color of skin, Judged from the outside, but not from within. Still I don't see a black, but a dark caramel cream. Wishing a thought that this all is a dream. The murder the hurt the pain that we cause, Mixed in with a color to show human flaws. And if all were the same, all of humanity, From mountain to village, from island to sea. Would it still be the same as when racism started? This battle of rage that has got me down-hearted. I'd like to think so, but racism rules. Making men colors, making them fools. To think that a color, a shade of the Earth, Can make someone hate or judge human worth. Just sold into slavery, no name, just a race. That came from a home that had a birthplace. Somewhere from a another, a father a mother Then sold like an object to one and none other. Another one's color, that has shown to disgrace, And has granted themselves to be put in God's place. But let us now face, the problem we see You can't change the world, only help some to see. Maybe not everyone, maybe not half. But all of us people can cry and can laugh. All of us living can breathe and can grow. So teach and help so all can know. That we all are still people, and some with skin, That is darker or lighter but still there within. We are all still people, with life in our veins, Pumped with our beating hearts, to our brains. That all of us got from someone somewhere, Maybe a family of loved ones that care. About who we are, whether dark skin or light, Showing our person and shining our light. To the people that hate, or don't understand From the skies to the Earth, in all our homeland. No matter the color, if lowly, if great End all the racism, stop colored hate.
Reason for writing:
I really don't like people who believe they can elevate themselves above somebody else or say they are better just because the color of their skin!!
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