Lil Black Sister

Lil black sister imprisoned 18 years
Cuz she’s gonna have a baby so wipe away the tears

Lil black brother shot dead in the street
 All for the tennis shoes they stole from his feet

Lil brother selling crack because he thinks he’s making money
 Little sister six months pregnant, ain’t neither story funny

 Both still there lives for a moment to play and scheme
 Both give up their hopes, their visions and their dreams.

 What happened to the way people used to be?
Didn’t we once fight for our right to be free?

 Now we’re selling ourselves out and killing off each other
 The girl pregnant is your sister, the boy shot is your brother.

 It’s time we come together and right what is wrong
So that everyone knows that our people belong.

 So let us come together with each other we can cope
 And don’t give up your dreams, move forward with your hope.

Hey You!

Hey you zebra!
With the striped skin
Blackness is your only sin!

“What you mean?” I had to say
Don’t you know I was born this way?

Hey you zebra!
With the striped skin
You light, so bright, you damn near white!

“What you mean?” I had to say
Don’t you know I just be this way?

I’m not your “zebra” or your “half-breed”
Your ignorance isn’t what I need.
Look beyond your bigotry
And see a WOMAN is all I be.