Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Hated by all throughout time
Even by my own kind
Judged simply by my hue
Not by what I say or do
Told I’m less for a lifetime
Your blues ain’t like mine
My ancestors swing in the breeze
My brothers pushed to their knees
Cause they’re in the wrong neighborhood
They can’t be up to any good
Stopped for the cars we drive
Halted just for being alive
While up the latter we strive to climb
Your blues ain’t like mine
Imitate our music, our style of dress
The food we eat, our nappy tress
Adopt our speech, mark our dance
And it becomes such a lovely romance
It’s a blessing you try to overstand
And walk like siblings hand in hand
Yet you’re a different creature in the public eye
"You’re not one of them" they sigh
Appreciation is good and fine,
But your blues ain’t like mine
Forget the past it’s said and done
Yet the battle still is not won
I know who I am, do you know what you see
Do you think you know what it’s like to be me
With good intentions the road to hell is paved
But your reality is not how I’ll be saved
Will love really conquer all
Only Jahlove will make babylon fall
In peace you say "be colorblind"
But no, your blues ain’t like mine