My Dark Skin (Revisited) - Reks

My dark skin been through the shackle of the chain, way before Barack got to

talkin' 'bout change

School textbook only talk about King, they don’t wanna bring up Ms. Davis

Swear the Uncle Tom, only Abraham saved us.

15 when I first seen police anger

Back when LA had Raiders be the king in the street.

Before R.E.

King Supreme on

beat

Media tried to glorify rap beef between two kings from the west and the east

Malcolm X vs. Martin.

Dubois vs. Booker T

Black on black wars even back then.

I hope it’s love when you look at me

My dark skin petrify the sights of the eyes, can’t see us in the lows with they

eyes closed

They see us as the pimps, they see us as the hoes

No Oscar for X, but the Training Day role

Now that’s cinematic.

Black skin is tragic

Benefiting from eye moving backwards

Backwoods where the noose ain’t long ago.

Come so far, so far to go

I love being me, want y’all to know.

So much to teach Zeke and Jojo

My two princes, my two senses gonna be embedded minus the edit

So they can have a true history lesson on record.

Disagree, just respect it

My dark skin, ripped by the switch and the cord

The good book talk about Jesus our lord

Portraits y’all adored.

Pictures of Saint Nicholas ridiculous

We ain’t go no damn chimney and no M.O.N.E

While Christmas missed us, my dark skin pinched pennies

Tryna make sense of this country’s patience of giving just due to many will a

few

By few I mean you, the elite who spew hatred at the sight of my hue.

My dark skin