Black

I’ve been socially trained to socially refrain; from who I want to be.

I’ve been chained chewed up and assimilated to be less than me.

I’m black and black is beautiful but I married differently,

I choose where my heart went and that between me, God and She.

We started mixed black and white family,

And soon will have kids soon so I’m going to have to lead,

Letting the next generation know what it means to be mixed bread,

And socially I’m going to have to speak,

About race, social justice and everything in between,

Share my pain about slavery, white privilege and the recent cop killing,

I got to go to the Lord and ask the King,

For the strength so when I protest I don’t have to repent,

Because I may regret some actions if my fist gets to tense,

For the good book says to be angry and sin not,

So I’m using my voice to fight back that what I learned from Hip Hop,

But I’ve learned from both black and white,

Picked up skills both wrong and right,

So my mind and heart are hard to control when it takes flight,

And I have to hold onto truth that comes from the light,

For even a small flame in the dark is bright,

And I have to remember there is equality in Christ,

So I stand by the words injustice anywhere is threat to justice everywhere,

Even though there isn’t justice everywhere,

But that’s what we strive for as family and people,

A multi-ethnic generation who loves all people.

– For The Wise