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(Light skin sister):
My beautiful black sisters please love me
I might be light skinned, but You I do see
May not know your struggle may not know your pain
Yet I am a Pearl too on our collective chain.
Please don’t put vanilla in one great big box
We have much to tell when we’re safe to unlock
Some are Black inside, and a spy without
If we could string together we’d have so much clout.
(High Yellow brother):
I am down with my brothers I am doing Okay
Sorry that you yellow sisters feel this way
Brothers look at each other on how we roll
We look right through you straight to your soul.
Not our fault we came out this way
We’ve had this curse since slavery days
I know a sister who looks totally white
She fights for blacks both day and night.
(Light skin sister):
All of us don’t feel light skin’s a privilege
Especially when you’re not part of the village
I once loved a brother so militant and tough
He loved me and left me I wasn’t black enough.
(High Yellow brother):
We love natural black sisters, but no one cares
Woman should pick a man who will protect her lair
We invisible brothers our hearts and souls will bare
But Sisters like the black brothers, nails and long hair
Man should pick a woman who comforts his home
That’s the secret to the hook and we won’t roam
So if you want a man you can take home to mother
Take a second look at vanilla and yellow brothers.
(Light skin sister):
Let’s open our eyes and really be smart
No color labels let’s just trust our hearts
People from vanilla to black are only in our race
Let’s use all the pearls and make a new necklace!
