[masaa_always]

The Black Prayer
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>This is deep, so take your time.
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>Why Did You Make Me Black Lord ...Lord...
>Why did you make me black?
>Why did you make someone the world would hold back?
>Black is the color of dirty clothes, of grimy hands
>and feet...
>Black is the color of darkness, of tired beaten
>streets...
>Why did you give me thick lips, a broad nose and kinky
>hair?
>Why did you create someone who receives the hated
>stare?
>Black is the color of the bruised eye when someone
>gets
>hurt...black is the color of darkness, black is the
>color of dirt.
>Why is my bone structure so thick, my hips and cheeks
>so high?
>Why are my eyes brown, and not the color of the sky?
>Why do people think I'm useless?
>How come I feel so used?
>Why do people see my skin and think I should be
>abused?
>Lord, I just don't understand...
>What is it about my skin?
>Why is it some people want to hate me and not know the
>person >within?
>Black is what people are "Labeled" when others want to
>keep them away...
>Black is the color of shadows cast...Black is the end
>of the day.
>Lord you know my own people mistreat me, and you know
>this just ain't right...
>They don't like my hair, they don't like my skin, as
>they say I'm dark or too light!
>Lord, don't you think it's time to make a change?
>Why don't you redo creation and make everyone the
>same?
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>God's Reply: Why did I make you black?
>Why did I make you black?
>I made you in the color of coal from which beautiful
>diamonds are formed...
>I made you in the color of oil, the black gold which
>keeps people warm.
>Your color is the same as the rich dark soil that
>grows the food you need...
>Your color is the same as the black stallion and
>panther, Oh what majestic creatures indeed!
>All colors of the heavenly rainbow can be found
>throughout every nation... When all these colors are
>blended, you become my greatest creation!
>Your hair is the texture of lamb's wool, such a
>beautiful creature is he...
>I am the shepherd who watches them, I will ALWAYS
>watch over thee!
>You are the color of the midnight sky, I put star
>glitter in your eyes...
>There's a beautiful smile hidden behind your pain...
>That's why your cheeks are so high!
>You are the color of dark clouds from the hurricanes I
>create in September...
>I made your lips so full and thick, so when you
>kiss....they will remember!
>Your stature is strong, your bone structure thick to
>withstand the burden of time...
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>The reflection you see in the mirror, that image that
>looks back, that is MINE!! So get off your knees,
>look in the mirror and tell me what you see? I didn't
>make you in the image of darkness... I made you in the
>image of ME!