Color of my skin <br />Is how you judge me <br />Darker than you <br />Is the mark of a dangerous man <br />That is the one thought <br />You carry <br />Don't look closer <br />To see who I really am <br />So afraid <br />Too afraid <br />To know the real truth <br />So you hide behind a <br />White man's lies <br /> <br /> <br />Temper <br />I can't adjust <br />To the rules you make <br />Losing control <br />When you refuse my hand <br />Say you are better <br />Then a black man <br />Lazy <br />You call me <br />Yet, who is the one <br />Doing all your houseold chores <br />Carrying your load <br />While you play golf <br />Cheat on your wife <br /> <br /> <br />Alive with feeling <br />Bleed just like you <br />My blood <br />As red as yours <br />Yet still I am pushed away <br />Shown to the back door <br />No better than a dog <br />Just won't stand <br />For what it is <br />You're trying to do <br />As good as you <br />Deserve the same you get <br />My life worth just as much <br />No matter my color <br /> <br /> <br />May not be white <br />But I'm still a man <br />Made by the same God as you <br />Born under the same sun and moon <br />Created equal in his eyes <br />But never in yours <br />Just gotta make you see white boy <br />My point of view <br />Ain't no slave <br />Ain't lesser then you <br />I just wanna ya to listen <br />Understand when I say <br />Back off <br />Don't make that same mistake again <br /> <br />Just get off my black! <br /> <br />By RAMONA THOMPSON <br /> <br /> <br />© 2006 RAMONA THOMPSON (All rights reserved)<br /><br />Ramona Thompson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/get-off-my-black/
