Under The Sycamore

Be

I've always gotta be somebody
Like Middle school when I tried to be the person everyone liked
That didn't really work
See...
I was just the loser wallflower loner type of introvert
But I grew out the shyness but kept the self hate
Don't get me wrong I'm still an introvert
Still would rather be in my own mind then at a party
I used to be ashamed of my hair
For the secrets it held in my identity
For the way it moved
Or sometimes the lack of motion
But I want to be more than that
I wanna be...
Be proud
Be loud and unashamed of the skin I was born in
Be okay with knowing that I have to protect my blackness
At least I know what my mama gave me
A seed and now there's a bush growing out of my head
Roots planted in my memories, my history
In the stories of my ancestors once forgotten
It's lovely isn't it
I'll just let it be

So this was probably shit but that okay cuz science