i am my father’s child. 

i am my mother’s child. 

i am black,

and i am white. 

not less black, 

and more white. 

not less white,

and more black.

i am filled with black

and white. 

i am both. 

— don't tell me what i am,

you don't have the ability

to take my culture away.

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