Inside My Head by Sydia Smith (e book reader TXT) 📖
- Author: Sydia Smith
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Today, right now I take a stand
Today, right now I feeling the tingle inside of my hands
Today, right now I understand
That the tears falling from my face are actually there
My race, the color of my skin
Doesn’t define me within
My insides been fighting for a while
The insecurities I had when I was a child
Are still there
The discrimination from my peers
The isolation I heard loud and clear
The feeling I felt every single day
Made the clouds around me seemed dark and grey
Now how could I go home and face the naked truth
That racism is not only outside my race but within it
That my skin is and will always defined who I am
The way I walk
The way I talk
The things I fought and the things I will fight for
Will always come back to the color of my skin
So instead of being ignorant, or childish
I won’t tolerate it but I will not react the way they want me to
I won’t choose to be simple
And I know I can’t ignore
So I will not focus on the negative but only the positive
That we are strong African American women
That our skin color is not defined as our strength
I can’t go no greater length
To explain how strong we are
And how far we will go
To let them know
That we are here to stay
And that we will pray for a brighter day
So if you agree with me take a stand
And wear this like a wrist band
Spread the message around the world
To all the girls and the boys
That our intelligence
Is not because we are African American
But because we fought for our education
And that our
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