Because I'm Black

Because I’m Black
By Matt Shaw

It has been said, “if you strive for success you’ll
Receive Success”
But if you are black it’s best to stay behind with the rest

In today’s world blacks are viewed as monkeys
There to entertain and please the honkys
Blacks are seen as animals displayed in a zoo
This zoo I can no longer stand to be in
I hate this stamp that has been placed on my skin
I hate those who accept and live in denial

Why must I be heard as only a rapper?
Why must I be feared as if I’m a gangster?
Because I am Black I can not be trusted
Because I am Black I can not be heard
“Because I am Black, because I am Black”
It doesn’t make sense because I am Black

Black in this world is dark, deadly, and demonic
While white and everything light is heavenly and ironic
Does the color of skin demand who I am
If so than call me Dark Chocolate with cranial filling
A Chocolate Cake with the chunky peanut butter icing

I call myself human for it is only true race
I don’t try to be Gangster I don’t want that life
I don’t want to be chased by the cops
Or rep the streets like it’s my home
Cause it ain’t

Why must I be seen as only a crook?
Why must I be treated so differently?
Why must I live within this lie?
And why should I continue to fight it?
Because I am Black