I live in the house even though it aint mine Eating all this good food even though its just the *** end parts of what's left of the swine I wear the best of clothes even though they wouldn't be fit to clean a floor I am better than you I am lighter than you My complexion will get me through life I don't have to worry bout the same problems the same strife As you I can't help fate made you dark as the midnight skies Made life nothing but pain heartache struggle No matter how hard you try If you could I know you would trade places with me This light skin opens doors They dont see me as a threat I'm "safe" Complacent humble the person they need for you to be You work your fingers to the bone Feet raw from exposure to the elements Time spent Outside Sun beating of that dark skin The scars the wisdom the pain the tears Shows so much on your sun beaten face Treated lower than the belly of a flea touching the ground All because you were born the wrong race But when I speak up I'm shut down There's a look of confusion horror and disgust They saw my light skin and saw a small piece of themselves but more of you They instilled self hatred to gain my trust They made me hate my own just because my color was different Even though we are one in the same Brainwashed us to play this sick game of self loathing self pity self nothingness Treating our lives as a game keeping that separation You to hate me for the material possessions you blame my skin for Me to hate you for envying my status i blame your skin for They dont need to **** us hold us down We never emancipated ourselves from this prison of self And no amount of wealth could ever buy the respect we are due I am lighter than you But at the end of that I am you...black