"hey black child unfiltered" by Asma Salisu

HEY BLACK CHILD DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE WHO YOU REALLY ARE 

Black child wonders does black child really know who black child really is she lives in a world that forgets her all the time that has reduced her to a mere story black child just wants to be noticed to be accepted black child does not understand why the world hates black child black child is scared to leave the comfort of home black child wants to live in safety but black child knows she is not the same but she wants to be the same does black child want to be white?

DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU TRY TO BE WHAT YOU CAN BE

Can black child really be what she wants black child has tried but failed everyone says stop black child feel lost in the world some say black child can do it but others the majority says black child should give up that child can't be anything in the world so white black child forgets she has a color of her own black child wants to be seen wants to be but what can black child even be?

HEY BLACK CHILD DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING WHERE YOU'RE REALLY GOING

Black child does not know where black child will go black child goes left there a wall back right there is a wall black child tries to rise but there something stopping black child black child is looking for a way out but the ride out is is scary and black child is only a child black child wants to go wants to live wants to do  things go places but where can black child go? 

DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN LEARN WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN IF YOU TRY TO LEARN WHAT YOU CAN LEARN 

Black child wants to learn but the world says black child is dumb and can’t do anything black child wants to be things wants to learn new things but black child is stopped by the same world that killed martin luther king jr. and malcolm x black child wants to be like them wants to be smart wants to help but black child is so afraid will black child end up like emmett till?

HEY BLACK CHILD DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE STRONG I MEAN REALLY STRONG

Black child knows black child is black after all and black people are supposed to be strong and fast but can’t swim black child laughs black child thinks of the times black child spent in the pool with black child's friends back when black child didn't know that the world thought that black child could not swim when black child was not afraid of the white world will black child ever not be afraid?

DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IF YOU TRY TO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.

But can i do what i want to do even if i try i’ve tried so many times to do what i want to. live the life i want but the world would stop me time and time again black child is done with it all it seems strange that black child would say that when black child is sitting in a class with everyone else not segregated yet sometimes black child feels lost black child does not know what else to say. 

HEY BLACK CHILD BE WHAT YOU CAN BE LEARN WHAT YOU MUST LEARN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO AND TOMORROW YOUR NATION WILL BE WHAT YOU WHAT IT TO BE

Okay black child will try to learn what she can learn and do what she can do but she won’t make promises to anyone and she hopes her nation will be better than it is now.

Good bye from black child