Colorblind

[Verse 1]
I thought that I was able to be proud in who I was
At least enough to get back up when I thought I was dust
I would continue life and everyone would let me be
Especially when closet doors had opened up to set me free
But the thing about it is, I didn’t understand
That in order to be happy, I had to be the perfect man
That everybody’s looking for; then more I gotta have in store
The battle I thought I’ve won has just begun, this is now a war
We see the papers, we hear the news channels
Media got us thinking black people are animals
And everybody thinks the race is hopeless and deranged
And now I shame myself for things that I can’t even change
I know better; for them I’m not their debtor
But my light of hope for me is getting cloudy like the weather
Maybe one day we can raise our stats to win
And I'll never ridicule myself for being black again

[Hook]
But people tell me that they never see a color
Just ordinary people like themselves and all the others
But there’s just way too many colors not to let ‘em shine
That’s why I’m wishing everybody wasn’t colorblind

[Verse 2]
I get a text from one of my best friends
Talkin’ bout how he wishes he’d possess less melanin
And I’ve felt the same way before day in and day out
But I’m still in that hole tryna positively think my way out
I wanna get him out that lane that he’s been stuck in
Goin’ on ‘bout how no one likes him in this town we grew up in
‘Cuz he’s black; even though the times I think that way are seldom
I'm still that way and I don’t know exactly what to tell him
It’s past finding his other half; past that relationship
Past all the words he speaks; past altercation shit
It’s a part of a black kid’s life he has to pass through
And that’s a thing I really wish he wouldn’t have to do
Some claim I’m way too soft for writing a song like this one
But it's hard when it feels like the amount of love for brothers is none
Someone who’s suffered through it should have another choice
Than to sit back and watch and never raise their voice

[Hook]
Yet people tell me that they never see a color
Just ordinary people like themselves and all the others
But there’s just way too many colors not to let ‘em shine
That’s why I’m wishing everybody wasn’t colorblind

[Verse 3]
The darker side of things the side that I happen to see
And I’ve had those experiences, so I rap on this beat
But don’t think for a single second that all the things I speak
Go to only black people; every color’s unique
Meaning that if you not black and you’ve been in the same position
And if you cruised through this, I really need you to listen
Your skin adds to your greatness, what the tone
Let your little light shine and let your self-love be known
Even though the cards that I had played were harshly dealt
I’m constantly movin’ through it and I’m lovin’ myself
If I can do it, you can; give hate no piece of mind
And together let’s stop the world from being colorblind

Singin’…