You hate the colour of my skin
With everything within
You, who feel that you are superior to me
Never letting me just be
You shout and scream and attack
Me because I am black
Constantly going at me waiting for me to crack
But I won’t because I have something you fail to understand
A Jesus that has no blonde hair and blue eyes and man,
That brings me peace when you miss
That you are praying to Jesus
Jesus who had brown skin
And is part of my kin
That never hailed from Europe
Or the States so get a grip
And know your hate does not make me hate
Because Jesus saved me from a fate
Where I burn in eternity
Why are you unable to see?
That praying to Jesus while hating His flock
Remains a shock
To me
When I see
Your images of Him looking so pale
While you wail
That Jesus will save you from black and brown-skinned folk
It is almost a joke
But not funny when you expect someone white
Just because your people chose to make Him light
How can you hate when Jesus was love
Sent down from above
To save us sinners
Which makes us all winners
How do you hate while revering my brother
Making it seem as if He was just another
Sent down to oppress black and brown
Being offended when I frown
And say, “But Jesus was not white!”
Please let’s get that right
As white supremacists, you chant
Saying you can’t
Live with people who look like me
While at church its clear to see
That you praise Him while imagining fair skin
Imagining yourself with no sin
The sin you commit when you look at me with hate-filled eyes
And deem me violent with your constant lies
About who and what I am
Sacrificing me like a lamb
To the alter
When you falter
To acknowledge that not everyone is classed as white
Based on that you can’t be right
Just because you’ve lightened the colour of His skin
Making Him akin
By purporting to be pure
When hate drives you to ensure
That when you pray you see
Someone who looks like you then decree
That Jesus had white skin and was fair
But that’s an untruth you declare
Because the brother who was crucified
Died
For all of us, not a select few
And never loved people based on their hue
