beauty standards
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She gazes upon newfound eyes lost from her wireframes,
Pause for a moment and you can see her for a flicker
Why now is she lovely?
In this parallel world of film,
I fell in love with a man who lives in a world of black and white
Doesn't quite see something that isnt at sight
I stand in the front light to make sure that I shine, but my color's to bright almost seems to blind
Society tells me that I am not beautiful.
That because I am not a size two super model with perfect skin, I am ugly.
Society tells me that I am not beautiful.
Imma take you all back to the Civil Rights Team
When Martin Luther King came n the scene
Emotional About some dream
And you see he wanted us to believe
That love was the key
Here I am hangin my head with a noose
I could simply choose \Buzz of Role Models tell me not to Refuse
I thought I could trust your cues
But the very people I idolize teach me to lose
Lightskin was my dream
Ignorant to my beauty
My reflction was my nightmare
But I lived in darkskin
Brown as can be
My skin was my hated reality
How can I live with such low self esteem
"Just A Worldly Note" Here I stand in front of you, a natural body Something that was given to me by ancestors I am unfamiliar with As I twirl these labels that give you a confidence are thrown at me sending me into a endless loop of deteriorating
‘Life is hard,’ they tell me
‘But enjoy it to its fullest.’
Be who you want to be,
But only as long as you fit our standards
Everyone is beautiful,
But some only on the inside
Ethnicity doesn’t matter,
It's a free country, they said.
There are free rights, they said.
You won't be victimized because of your unchangeable aspects, they said.
They said that everyone will be treated equal in the United States of America.
