I make You feel uncomfortable 

I am totally aware of me looking different to You 

You do not want me to remind You of your grandfather’s mistakes 

he was committing overseas 

Just call me by my name 

My name is Black, 

my soul is dark, and my clothes are colored 

Hope You do not get it twisted 

Yet I am here – and unfortunately ready to stay 

You tolerate although You do not respect me 

You enjoy my lifestyle, dance, and music 

But You do not want to fraternize with me 

I am here because your people were there 

You prefer calling me colored or dark 

Just call me by my name 

My name is Black, 

my soul is dark, and my clothes are colored 

Hope You do not get it twisted 

You sexualize and fetishize me, with my full lips, 

almond shaped eyes and my curvy body 

You wish to have some spice in Your bedroom 

Still, You insist getting married to Rebecca, 

cause she shares your values, stolen generational wealth 

and the same color of your skin. 

Just call me by my name 

My name is Black, 

Hope You do not get it twisted 

Demonizing my Man and projecting all your done sins onto him 

Secretly you hate yourself because You fear him, 

looking down on him with hatred and jealousy 

You envy and admire him at the same time 

for his physical strength 

and his Big Dick Energy! 

Just call me by my name 

My name is Black, 

my soul is dark, and my clothes are colored 

Hope You do not get it twisted 

I see You Blackfacing, Butt Lifting, Lip Squirting 

You wish to be me so bad, 

it doesn’t flatter me at all 

You fight a war against my natural hair,
only accepted if appropriated on your head
You make me feel like a cartoon! 

Do not forget I am real, 

I am not an entertaining coon to You 

Just call me by my name 

My name is Black, 

my soul is dark, and my clothes are colored 

Hope You do not get it twisted 

Do not tell me we are all the same – You bore me 

If we were all created the same, why do Your People take the right 

to write a declaration of independence – without counting My people in? 

You used to denounce me, erase me, even kill me 

for not being the same as You! 

Elmina Castle Cape Coast, Ghana