Off with the hair,
For discipline must be instilled,
Yet when the white girl steps unto our land,
Her hair is left to flow as far as a river,
Does she not need discipline too,
Why is she so different,
African conservatism,
Ghanaian culture,
It is bad for the black girl,
But it is fine for the white girl,
You bend your rules,
In your own land to favour her,
Do you not see the sense of inferiority you instill in us,
You talk about African pride,
Yet our own hair is hidden underneath that of the brazilian weave,
You do not see your racism in trivial matters,
You do not see the power you give to the white on our very land,
Oh African conservatism,
Let our hair be free,
African conservatism,
Let us be free.
~Renie🌻
