Blackened

Inspired and based off 4 Women by Nina Simone

-My skin is rough

-My knees are worn

-My back is tough and

-My legs are strong.

-Strong enough to stand on my own,

-Even when I might be alone.

-What do they call me?

-My name is Grandpa.

-Grandpa

-My skin is tough

-My eyes are wide

-Pressured by two worlds,

-I scream inside.

-My intellect got the best of me this time,

-More baggage and more lies.

-What do they call me?

-My name is Emmanuel

-Emmanuel

-My skin is smooth

-My heart is pierced

-A soul is reborn inside me

-This time with fear

-Whose little boy am I?

-DL men or men who are Bi.

-What do they call me?

-My name is Jay D

-Jay D

-My skin is torn

-My manner is bold

-I’ll waste any nigga that cross me,

-I’m just that cold.

-I trust no one but me,

-Nigga’s always out to get me,

-What do they call me?

-My name is DaeDae