Why is it always about You?
By Suntou Touray
From when we can remember
Through the days of our ancestors
Relationship between races
Never a handful of roses
A relationship
Never about us
Noting to share
Not a thing to care.
Born into a world of un-equals
Things never going our way
From rulers to the rank and files
Never working for us
Why is it always about You?
International agreements pass on
Never in favour of us as one
We deserve Respect, don’t we?
Our talents and capabilities no one sees
Not even our inalienable competence
The slogans, the charities, the grants, the aids
Frequent conflicts, poverty and disease
Corruption, short-life span and self-hate
Isn't that enough suffering?
Why is it always about You?
Turn to laws in the west
Perception, the image of Black African
More than negative
Life of a race with so bad an image
Life of a man with so little honour
Men and women who deserve much respect
Gains of big hands lesser in value
Turned into subject of critical focus
Right and left wing politicians alike
Immigration laws, integration
Whole people demonised
An under-employed workforce
On jobs just to make ends meet
Never acknowledged
Time enough to keep life
Our affairs, our destiny
Why is it about You?
O the union of mankind
What a matter of race, race and creed.
Jobs for blacks jobs for Asians
East and West Union Jack
Not a word of colour but language
Black, Asian, Other yet one language
Eastern Western united by colour divided by language
Here to stay there to leave
A way of seeing
We and Them
Integration, alienation, segregation, racial discrimination
The truth be it told
Same human, different people
Some are Africans, some are Asians
They are Western others Eastern
We are people of a universe for you and for me
From the beginning we have been
Ever we shall be.
Yours and mine no matter
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