| In The Shade by Jade Loving | ||||||
| Dear God,
please
forgive me
but I
don't want
to be
brown
anymore The kids at school are white and rich and they got both parents at home I do my homework get good grades stay out of trouble but I feel so alone I can tell they know I'm poor by just by looking at me I can see their noses lifted up as if they can't breathe I guess I play in the sand too much Or maybe they got sticks up their butts Cause either way this is the world that we're living in This is our world that's so much fairer to the fairer skinned If I can choose a life of joy pain by trying to act white I'd rather stay in the shade Three male suiters on my tail, Telling me I'm beautiful as two open the doors one asks me Princess wont you say where you are from? Must be Egyptian, Cleopatra won't you speak us in your tongue Oh if they only knew, if they only knew No lie, they were over me as soon as I told them the truth Well can you blame me for not wanting to say? I can't stand to see the look on your face It's the same reaction I always get So you can't blame me for not giving a shit Cause either way this is the world that we're living in This is our world that's so much fairer to the fairer skinned If I can choose a life of joy pain by trying to act white I'd rather stay in the shade |