People say to get over the racist days

but it was only 69 years ago that in montgomery negros were allowed to travel on buses and sit where they want

they were still subjected to church bombings

house bombings

if your skin is white you will never understand

i've had racist friends

comments out of hand

and he was black my best friend said

didn't she see the colour of my skin in her head

 

noone really gets the struggle negros went through

we're just supposed to overlook it

so overlook we do

its more than stares

more than snide remarks

its less pay in the work place

and scars left in our hearts

people treat you like your rat and they're a dog

thinking that cause your black

you have to follow god

so all the negros called upon jesus

but he never returned

they called on god

but was still overworked

slaving away

as a maid

 they would say

atleast we pay

but you cant use our toilet

you cant use our front door

you still have to wash our kids

and nurse them once more

more motherly than their own mothers

but maids they still will be

never sitting at the table with whites

cause they were unworthy

now people say times have changed

but ive experienced it myself

and i'm only tarred with half of the brush

cause my mum is white aswell

so confused i grew

not really knowing

who i was

not really showing

why i felt lost