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’…