My Skin (feat. Kyshona)

Have you ever

been afraid

to walk home

in your own neighborhood

in the light of day?

Have you ever

been made

to prove that you belong

and then be wronged

for what you say?

Is my skin

so egregious to them?

Tell me, when,

when will it end?

I don't want your thoughts and prayers

and I don't want your tears,

I just want to be able

to live my life without fear.

Have you ever

been doing your job

and made somebody mad enough

to form a violent mob?

Have you ever

been robbed

of your peace when some coward

calls you the worst word

you've been called?

Is my skin

so egregious to them?

Tell me, when,

when will it end?

I don't want your thoughts and prayers

and I don't want your tears,

I just want to be able

to live my life without fear.

Have you ever

been so tired

from mourning the dead

so many times

that you can't cry?

Have you ever

been so despised

that a stranger

would give up freedom

if it meant ending your life?

Is my skin

that egregious to them?

Tell me, when,

when will it end?

I don't want your thoughts and prayers

and I don't want your tears,

I just want to be able

to live my life without fear

to live my life without fear

to live my life without fear.