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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