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Not Really Black

April 19, 2024
By Anonymous


Not really black 

That is what she tells me

3 words came out of her mouth 

That no one could ever foresee

 

So if I'm not really black 

but not white to the eye

I want someone to tell me

What am I

 

I didn't know music

Could deem me black or white Personifiaction

Or the things I say 

Make people assume I say things like tight and fly Metaphor

 

I also didn't know

That is what I wear

Shows people I'm easy 

Or that I Clearly don't care

 

I’m whitewashed by default

Scared to be myself

Because in their eyes

It's more or less about wealth

 

So I'll sit with the whites

Cause I'm not really black 

But if I wanted to be

What would they say about that Alliteration



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