I want to apologize

I know I've disappointed you over the last few years

I'll try and do better

 

I apologize for using proper grammar

I didn't realize my usage of SAT words and eliminating the word "ain't" from my vocabulary offended you so deeply

 

I apologize for my wardrobe

No one told me leopard prints, jersey dresses, and short tight skirts were the uniform

 

I apologize for my friend group

If I had known that associating with the white kids made me white and hanging with the black kids would ensure my already dark skin I might've paid more attention to the races around me

 

Probably not

 

I apologize for my music

It didn't occur to me that rap music was the only genre apart of our culture

 

Furthermore, black people, I apologize for not being black enough for you. But if I'm being honest, I don't think MTV and BET should decide who we are and are supposed to be

 

Now for you

 

We apologize for the volume

We used to shout out in praise and pain

Somewhere down the road it became hereditary

 

We apologize for the anger

We black folk stick together like blood and even they're dead, they're family

And you look a lot like their nightmares

We apologize for the fighting

The fact that we can freely

Just makes us want to do it more

 

Furthermore, society, we apologize for feeling a certain way about the way things are and were. Maybe if you stopped telling us how we should act while insulting us for how we do act we wouldn't be in such an identity crisis

 

Whites and Blacks are not my problem

 

The fact that my skin tone sets off a message before I even say a word is

 

So I do apologize that my black skin doesn't define me

 

But that's just the way it is