IAmNOTBlack,YouareNOTWhite.

PrinceEa

SpokenWord
2015
IamnotBlack
Imean,thatswhattheworldcallsme,butitsnot...me
Ididn'tcomeoutofmymother'swombsaying,Hey
everybody,I'm...Black.
No,Iwastaughttobeblack
Andyouweretaughttocallmethat
Alongwithwhateveryoucallyourself
Itsjusta....label

Nolongerlivingintheerror
OfcallinghumanbeingsBlackpeopleorWhitepeople
Theselabelsthatwillforeverblindusfromseeingapersonfor
whotheyare
Butinsteadseeingthemthroughthejudgmental,prejudicial,
artificialfiltersofwhoweTHINKtheyare
Andwhenyouletanartificiallabeldefineyourself
Then,myfriend,youhavechosensmallnessovergreatnessand
minimizedyour....self
See,frombirththeworldforcefeedsusthese....labels
Confinedanddividedyour.....selffromothers
Andeventuallyweallswallowthem
Anditisanundeniablefactthat
Wedigestandacceptthelabels,nevereverdoubtingthem
Whenthereisdivision,therewillbeconflict
Butthere'soneproblem:
Andconflictstartswars
Labelsarenotyouandlabelsarenotme
Thereforeeverywarhasstartedoverlabels
Labelsarejust...labels
It'salwaysus...versusthem
Butwhowetrulyareisnot...skin...deep
Sotheanswertowar,racism,sexism,andeveryotherism
See,whenIdrivemycar,noonewouldeverconfusethecar
Issosimplethateverypoliticianhasmissedit
for....me
Itsthelabels...
Well,whenIdrivemy....body,whydoyouconfusemefor
Wemustripthemoff
my...body?
Isn'titfunnyhownobabyisbornracist
It's....my....body....getit?Notme
Yet,everybabycrieswhentheyhearthecriesofanother
Nomatterthegender,cultureorcolor
Letmebreakitdown
Provingthatdeepdown,weweremeanttoconnectandcarefor
See,ourbodiesarejustcarsthatweoperateanddrivearound
eachother
Thedealershipwecallsocietydecidedtolabelminethe"black
Thatisourmission,andthatisnotmyopinion
edition,"
Thatisthetruthinaworldthathassoldusfiction
Yoursthe"Irish"or"Whiteedition"
Pleaselisten,labelsonlydistortourvision
Andwithnomoneydown,0%APR,andnotestdrive
Whichiswhyhalfofthosewatchingthiswilldismissit
Wewereforcedtoownthesecarsfortherestofourlives
Orfeelresistanceandconflicted
Forgiveme,butIfailtoseethelogicorpride
But,justremember...
Indefiningmyselforjudginganotherbythecarswedrive
Sodidthecaterpillar
Becausewhowetrulyareisfoundinside
Beforeitbrokethroughitsshellandbecamethemagnificent
butterfly
Listen,Imnotheretotellyouhowsciencehasconcludedthat
Well,theselabelsareourshellsandwemustdothesamething
geneticallywereallmixed
Sowecanfinallyspreadourwings
Andraceinthehumanspeciesdoesn'texist
Humanbeingswerenotmeanttobeslappedwithlabelslike
Orhoweveryhistorianknowsthatracewasinventedinthe15th groceriesatsupermarkets
century
DNAcannotberegulatedbytheFDA
Todividepeoplefromeachotherandithasworkedperfectly...
Weweremeanttobefree
No....I'mnotheretolecture
Andonlyuntilyouremovethemall
Ijustwanttoaskonequestion
Andstoplivingandthinkingsosmall
Whowouldyoubeiftheworldnevergaveyoualabel?
Willwebefreetoseeourselvesandeachotherforwho
Nevergaveyouaboxtocheck
we....TRULY....are
WouldyoubeWhite?Black?Mexican?
Asian?NativeAmerican?MiddleEastern?Indian?
No.Wewouldbeonewewouldbetogether