• Racism comes in many different shapes and forms
    Sadly I have had my fair share since I’ve been born
    Judged before I have been even given a chance
    Delaying my future and for my career to advance

    My parents tell me of stories they have had to endure
    I wish racism was a sickness with a dose of medication to cure
    Thankfully there are good hearted and educated people
    Who can look beyond skin colour and treat us all as an equal

    Why would another person’s skin colour be such an issue?
    Get to know them; they might have things in common just like you
    I am so fed up of hearing “They from so and so, they all the same”
    Everyone has differences but skin colour is not to blame

    I wonder sometimes is it because the racist themselves are afraid to mix
    Who knows, I am only looking for a solution to get it fixed
    It’s a major problem none of us like or need,
    How sad to hear, a racist sees skin colour the only reason to want to make you bleed
    You see films like ‘Mississippi Burning’
    I think to myself that was then but when are racist going to start learning?

    If humans never saw in colour, what would it be like then?
    I am sure everyone would get along and call each other friend
    I hope my kids and the next generation never get to witness racism first hand
    Lets pray for them racism was a issue in the past that no longer stands

    Life is hard as it is, without the need of racism
    Like supporting our family and giving our kids a good education
    Ways to stop racism should begin at home and school
    Getting along will be our biggest advantage, our strongest tool
    I did have people who I did call friends
    But their own racist views meant our friendship had to end

    It does not matter, if your white, black or brown
    You should feel safe to walk and talk in any town
    Racism has to be erased from every country and every street
    Knowing racism is not an issue when theirs someone new we meet
    Everyone has the right to go anywhere they choose
    Because whilst racism is still alive, no one wins, everybody lose

    To those facing racism, all I can say is be brave and stay strong
    To those racist, deep down in your heart you must know it’s wrong?
    God blessed us by putting us here, giving us all different shades of colour
    Were not meant to have the same colour skin, but we all can respect one another

    Martin Luther King Jr said in 1963 “I have a dream”
    But up to now it has yet to be seen