Dear My People
You want me to outdo the white people when I cannot
Because I am being oppressed by my own people
I say I want to go to a majority white college and you say I must go to an HBCU
You tell me they won’t understand the things that I do
So I need to go to Langston and not OSU
Saying black people will help pay more for my school
Well with a mind like this money was never the issue
I am a human made of darker colored tissue
I breathe, run, and jump just like they do
So tell me my people why can’t I go to their school?
Our people fought for years to integrate schools
Now you telling me to do the opposite of what they wanted me to do
Saying the only people who want to help me have brown skin and nappy hair
Did you forget during the civil rights movement, it was white people there?
Yes they oppressed us, and hurt us and messed up
But do not try to stop those who want to help us
Call me an uncle tom if you feel it is needed
Because you’re narrow-mindedness is getting me heated
I can’t believe we segregate ourselves
In the time that I live in we “separate but equal” as hell