The consequences of being Black and talking right
is hearing everybody tell you that you talk "white".
It almost leads you to a path of belligerence
when someone hits you with this silly phrase of ignorance.
So good speech isn't a trait of me and my brothers?
We talk good so that means we're not being our color.
Did it occur to you that maybe you were carrying hype
That suggest Black people are just stereotypes?
What's next? I "act" white because I'm not a felon
or because my favorite fruit isn't watermelon.
Maybe because writing is my favorite activity
and not endulging myself in ratchetivity.
What if I told you this "white" talking object
was a little ghetto boy from the projects.
Wanna know what made me this way?
It was my life there that made me be this way.
"You talk white, you act white". That's what they say to me.
Living in self created mental slavery.
A unique soul is what lives behind this color
And the way I talk is not what defines my color.
About the Creator
Joe Patterson
Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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