I am not de problem
If yu give I a chance
I can teach yu of Timbuktu
I can do more dan dance
I am not de problem
I greet yu wid a smile
Yu put me in a pigeon hole
But i am versatile
These conditions may affect me
As I get older,
An I am positively sure
I have no chips on my shoulders,
Black is not de problem
Mother country get it right
An juss fe de record,
Sum of me best friends are white.
The speaker asserts the idea, but this time openly and unequivocally. The frank use of the word ‘black’ is like a dramatic climax. This is a poem about racism.
No problem