Dignity

Listen:

I know color isn’t supposed to matter much

but what has happened to you my sistah?

There was a time when you thought more of yourself than what I see now

and it gives more credence to why they say, “the man won’t buy the cow”.

There was a time when you couldn’t find a black woman so revealing

and yes indeed she still knew she was appealing.

Her values were more readily seen

rather than the curvature of her jeans.

For some reason you thought you needed to be more like them…

modesty use to be your policy.

Now you’re living a life of hypocrisy.

Now you flash it all just like the other side

and seemingly you have lost what once was your pride.

Pride in how you carried yourself.

Now showing everything you’ve got leaves you with nothing left.

Wanting the best but living as an adulteress.

You say you just want to be free

but my sistah tell me…

why does it have to cost your dignity?