Inside My Head, Sydia Smith [recommended reading txt] 📗

Take a Stand

                               Take a Stand

Today, right now I take a stand

Today, right now I feeling the tingle inside of my hands

Today, right now I understand

That the tears falling from my face are actually there

My race, the color of my skin

Doesn’t define me within

My insides been fighting for a while

The insecurities I had when I was a child

Are still there

The discrimination from my peers

The isolation I heard loud and clear

The feeling I felt every single day

Made the clouds around me seemed dark and grey

Now how could I go home and face the naked truth

That racism is not only outside my race but within it

That my skin is and will always defined who I am

The way I walk

The way I talk

The things I fought and the things I will fight for

Will always come back to the color of my skin

So instead of being ignorant, or childish

I won’t tolerate it but I will not react the way they want me to

I won’t choose to be simple

And I know I can’t ignore

So I will not focus on the negative but only the positive

That we are strong African American women

That our skin color is not defined as our strength

I can’t go no greater length

To explain how strong we are

And how far we will go

To let them know

That we are here to stay

And that we will pray for a brighter day

So if you agree with me take a stand

And wear this like a wrist band

Spread the message around the world

To all the girls and the boys

That our intelligence

Is not because we are African American

But because we fought for our education

And that our