I somehow never fit in with those girls with, or without melanin.
Just because this rhymes does that mean I’m not intelligent?Â
Plump lips and big chestÂ
Somehow on other girls it looks best,Â
But that’s just me.Â
I’ve never liked kool aid,Â
I don’t like it when people sugar coat things that weren’t meant to be sweet, Â
But not gonna lie that grape flavours on fleek.Â
I don’t like all hip hop,
But that’s just meÂ
I’m deep with my gold roots like my saxophoneÂ
But give me that BeethovenÂ
I’ll switch my keys to piano.
I code switch easy,
I go from classical to bla bla bla!
But that’s just meÂ
But I don’t like being angryÂ
But I like my hair left aloneÂ
I don’t like being a petting zooÂ
I like being magical on my own
I like pumpkin spice… sometimesÂ
I like the proper pronunciation of my profound perfect nameÂ
But please realise we are not all the same.Â
But hey, that’s just me
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– Shukura and Isabel