Stigma

Black people
Has a stigma on ourselves
And it’s not good at all….
self hate
Has been around
For years and years….
It grew so ugly
Ever so ugly
Cos

Some don’t realize
It was self hate…
It’s internalized
Like we were taught to dislike
Ourselves so much at first hand….
It was taught from slavery by slaveowners
And other colonizers

That disrespect
And non-dignity
Stretch in our dna…
And stir all parts of trauma….

The stigma on
Us, on our inferiority….
We have our bones
Of generational curses
In our melaninated hands
With tears pourin
Inappropriate laughter
Burstin out

As we’re...