You love the look of my melanin
But might not like the skin I’m in
And to think love and like are synonyms
Some look at my blackness as sickness
An antigen
Snakes around me like symbiotes
Just want to let the venom in
Poison other’s judgments
And let cruel thoughts sink in
Can’t take away my skin color
I’m not gonna sit down and roll over
Not gonna come on over to your point of view
This ain’t political red rover
Red rover
Sadly they gonna still gonna act the same if I get pulled over
They may say I fit the description
Incorrectly lead to my conviction
And if I don’t concede to submission
There could be lethal consequences
That contribute to the division
And it’s sad
No wonder why mad
We been dealing with this for years
And you think my melanin is still a fad
It takes fifteen seconds to use our culture to change a life
And it takes less than that whenever they decided take our life
You may like me for my melanin
But not like the skin I’m in
Damn, the world we living in
And it’s sad
No wonder why we’re mad….
You may love me for my melanin
But not like the skin I’m in
Damn, the world we living in
Reggie Johnson is a poet reigning from Cincinnati, Ohio. Starting at the age of nine, Reggie has been writing poetry through their love of music and life experiences. He has 9 books now available on Amazon. You can follow him on Twitter @r_d_johnson and on IG @rdjohnsonwrites.