Think about it
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Situation
You talk to be heard
Hear to listen
Listen to understand
Understand to Comprehend
Comprehend to know
Do we listen?
Or just stare into space
Using our eyes
not our ears
Today we are more sensitive to race than ever before. All the media has to do is put BLACK in the midst and Al Sharpton is on his way. I'm not saying racism does not exist. But why are we slaves to the very thought of it?
You don't get a second chance at a first impression.
So chase your dreams or your nightmares will catch you.
Crayola has the right idea
Every color in the media
Every tone of every flaw
Yeah, Crayola has them all
The lovely red smudged on your lips
Is the same red running down his wrists
Caramel skin with an undertone of olive
Glowing in the fluorescent light
I stare at myself in the mirror
