We no longer matter, only our surface ever did
Lusting over our curves and hues
Fascinated with the texture of our hair
Mimicking our style, language and culture
Watching fair skin women get cornrows in their hair
Wearing faux locs and memorizing our lyrics
Deny that you copy us then claim it as your own
So aggravating to have a birthright and watch it celebrated by undeserving faces
Manipulate your features to become a twisted image of melanin goddesses
Make no statement of appreciation of our everything
While presenting a proud and offensive display of every race besides your own
Craving to submerge yourself in exotic moves, languages and food
Ignoring the women, men and children you mock and shame
Teaching young brown skin people that their features look better on you
Assuming that we should kiss your behind for stealing mine
Your copycat is faulty and disrespectful to our struggles
A fetish, you crave to be called the N' word
Desire to beat your feet, roll your neck and wear bamboo earrings
Hoping to be welcomed in a home full of brown bodies
Your whole existence is black face
Drown your tongue in ebonics and learn every handshake
Practice our dance moves and wear dashikis
You describe us like cartoon characters and end up looking that way
Exaggerated plumped up injections and surgeries
It turns you on to be like us, thrilled you can live out a fantasy
Praying that you get the full racist comments and looks
Followed around a store, because you're automatically a theif
See white women hold tight to their purse, that was probably you
We have to watch as the world laughs at the Black woman and man
Being comically illustrated internationally, the but of every joke
Everyone is praised to be us but us, yet we still worship your product
Hate being traded for a white woman or man, but only support them
Conflicting thoughts to be pro-black and marry and freedom-fighter
The struggle of attempting to uplift a nation of people who won't read
Giving into the tension and broken promises from our own
Uniting with anyone who will express admiration via obsession
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