they call me divine
mystic skin mahogany kissed by red wine
i studied hard so i enrolled in school
take out loans like they do
share the same bathroom, dorm floor, bedroom
so they make me think…
i’m free too
who am i?
some may ask,
grit their crooked teeth
and give sly looks
as I walk past…
i am the darkest part of sunshine
my body rattles like a rickety roller-coaster
full of curves that love formed
while everyone else is still
my movements make the globe turn
i am black truth wrapped in ebony splendor
the urge you get to call your Mother on her birthday
when you didn’t remember
we are the bleeding heart
of a tortured man’s laugh
the embodiment of a better future
liquefied in the amber of America’s scandalous past
a firm man’s moral might
contrasting a refined lady’s laugh
we are the descendant’s of Thomas Jefferson’s lies
slow singing and flower bringing,
dipped in brine
ripe strawberries dipped in rawhide
they call me divine
mystic skin mahogany kissed by red wine
i studied hard so i enrolled in school
take out loans like they do
share the same bathroom, dorm floor, bedroom
so they make me think…
i’m free too
till the cops come…
hide swiftly, then run
generation by generation, body by body
a curse unbroken, a reality unchanged
what happens to our children tomorrow
depends on we do today
we are the womb of civilization
with no recognition for our contributions
every accolade is history in the making
the unrealized promise of the emancipation
we are elusive beings transcending the world’s expectation
you have no power
when you deny me…
you came from my bosom
your ancestors know my name
during the dark ages you stared at my reign
so i understand why
they call me divine
mystic skin mahogany kissed by red wine
i studied hard so i enrolled in school
take out loans like they do
share the same bathroom, dorm floor, bedroom
so they make me think…
i’m free too
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