Sweet Ga Peach's Orchard of Knowledge
Brown Skin
Brown Skin, aren't you lucky?
To be in between...
Both "good" and "bad"genes
You're a balanced mix of all your kin?
To have no names except brown suga, honey
almond, caramel or cinnamon
Aren't you lucky brown skin?
To not be asked how intense is your tone?
To not be asked "are you yellow or red bone?"
To not be asked if you're black or black black
too
Or even if you're so black that you're purple
or blue
I mean...Aren't you lucky brown skin?
To neither be a wannabe or jiggaboo
To be no one's exception or preference
To be in everyone's dating pool
To not be haunted by opposites attract
To date someone light or dark and not be
attacked
To not be asked "what will your kids look
like?"
Or to be told "ya'll just don't look right"
Aren't you lucky, brown skin?
To not be in an intra-racial rat race,
To which even you participate?
But one race
One fate
Aren't you lucky....Brown Skin?
copyright 2001
