"I Wanna Be Black"

I Wanna Be Black

How Black--black enough so that when these Words Touch they leave Finger Prints on your very Soul

I Wanna Be Black like Africa
--like Thick Lips with Full Hips
--like Single Mothers with Tight Fists
--like Fridays Fish and Grits

I Wanna be Black--black enough to Take a Stand--balck enough to Lend a Hand! Be the Keeper to my Brother Man and Lift a Sister like No Other Can!

I Wanna Be Black---black like an Impossible Dream---black like Coffee with No Cream!...Black like Silent Screams!.."I JUST WANNA BE BLACK"

Black enough to Fight for Civil Rights, black enough to Reflect a Light...

Black enough to Wear my Pride like Malcolm, by Any means Necessary==="I JUST WANNA BE BLACK"

How Black, so black that when these Words Touch, they Leave Finger Prints on Your Very Soul

...Black like the Struggle

...Black and Ominous enough to Choose my Goal, have it down like the Elusive thing its become

...Black and Unending....black and Relentless...black and Unyeilding--always Trying to be More Black and See More Black

How Black, so black that when these Words Touch, they Leave Finger Prints on Your Very Soul

Black like the Abbys, the Mystery that last between Genesis and Revelations

Black enough to Stick Out like a Sore Thumb and Represent a Nation

Black enough to Stop and Think before I Speak

Black enough to Absorb more than just Heat, knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding

~I WANNA BE-- EXCLUSIVELY--UNASHAMABLE--IRREVOCALLY BLACK~