If I had a chance to choose <br />The day before I came to being <br />I would've asked all mighty JAH <br />To please, make me black <br /> <br />As black as the night <br />Because the night is beautiful <br />As black the sea <br />Because my thoughts run as deep <br /> <br />As black as the soil <br />Because my spirit is as rich <br />As black as the cloud of rain <br />Because my sweat feeds the earth <br /> <br />Black, brown eyes, woolly hair <br />Black, big nose, thick lips <br />That I may swallow the rainbow <br />And radiate ultra-freedom rays<br /><br />LLM Mbatha<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/black-14/
