Unloved In our homes, so we sought love from outside<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disappointments to our Parents, booty scratchers to the blacks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Made our journey to the whites in hopes they will take it easier on us <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the misconception of their niceness masked up in brutal microaggressions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allowed them to overstep many boundaries oblivious to how far they\u2019ve stepped <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gained tremendous love for their culture that we praise them more than we praise the folks with the same color of our skin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dove too deep into their music, bands like Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Beach Boys & Led Zeppelin became our favorites while leaving the OutKast, de la soul, Pharcyde in the back seat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vouched for Mariana, Lana, Lorde while we continue to turn our backs on Missy, Hill, Latifah, Badu<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quest wondering when we would finally be able to check their rhymes and come back home <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having elders anticipate if all the works Fela put into our history was in vein <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hate to say it but we got too caught up in their culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their homes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That we forget we are the root to their identity <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking up to them when they should be the ones looking up to us because without us they have no sense of self<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No identity <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No comparisons <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No America<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In which your beloved white culture exists <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t condemn the world of the white artist because I myself made in home in their nest <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also don\u2019t have the heart to hate them like Baldwin said \u201cI don\u2019t believe all whites are evil\u201d because in many ways they\u2019ve defined me as an individual <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But we ought to go back to our roots <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We ought to Learn how to re-love ourselves <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Give ourselves the forbidden love that we couldn\u2019t encounter in our African Homes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And find that love from within <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their world may glitter like Gold but our world is created with diamonds, history, and culture which are rare to find. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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