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Does Love Have A Color Code?


I don't understand why we can't be together Just 'cause your skin is darker than mine I love you more than anything More than my own life When they scowl at us in public When they threaten us at school It doesn't matter to me Just as long as I have you They told me they'd pull a knife on you They sent a brick through your window last night I'm scared to death, but when I look in your eyes My worries go away, and everything's alright You say you want to leave me So I can have a normal life But what's life worth living If you can't be by my side? Don't listen to what they say Stay strong and keep your stance We can win this fight If we just ignore their ignorance Even though they've turned our life into Hell You made my life brighter My flame of hope went out And you were there to be my lighter They call our relationship wrong, discussing Is there something I don't know? Are there rules to who you can love? Does love have a color code? You know how much I love you I know you love me too So why would you leave me because of them? Don't you know how much I need you?
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I wrote this a few years ago because someone I knew kept telling me how wrong he thought interracial relationships were. I didn't agree with him at all.

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