HOW HAVE WE
Ebony, chocolate, brown and and caramel, in all outside glows
The shame in your eyes when looking upon it
All you have been exposed to is the embraced colour of a
Snowy skin
Your hair kinky, curly, wavy either black and brown. Putting
So much heat to straighten it, much weave to make it bouncy
Much chemical to denature it.
How have you truly daughter of Cush, despised our authentic
Design for a look alike version on European hair
How have we publicly cursed our diverse language, slang and
Way of living. How have we redefined our colourful world, that
We deny its beauty of our presence,
I cry bitterly for the sisters of Africa regardless of the unseen
Boundaries that segregate us
Certainly the Queens of the North and South taught you to hate
Everything about yourself.
In God's eyes your variety is like all sorts of colourful petals
With the same green leaves and the same green stalks
Enjoy your melanin it is there for the Creator's pleasure
How have we daughters of Nuba
How have we mothers of Nuba
How have we brothers of Nuba
Come to self mutilation, I bet our forefathers would weep
When arising to see your indifference to their psychological enemy
