Little Black White Girls

The little black white girls enunciate words They savor their meter and rhyme The little black white girls are a pleasure to teach If their teacher should give them the time Their bodies are molded from African clay, And set to dry in the sun, But their brothers and sisters sometimes turn away. Before little black white girls are done They live in gray shadows with nightmares and spooks They wear their tales on their face Some become ethnic, urban, and proud And some turn away from their race And yet there are other little black white girls Who do neither, and live in disgrace. Little black white girls are ignored by black boys, who take black girls or white girls instead These little black white girls are stuck up and strange But they’re great if you coax them to bed They date white boys in college, took black boys to prom And it’s doubtful that boy introduced them to mom Some search for good men for all of their lives Some become lesbians, some become wives And I, a little white black girl have nothing to lose And I worry each day if I have rights to chose I date in the rainbow and try to feel strong But sometimes I feel I will never belong, but other Black white girls believe in each other, we know What it’s like to be bashed by a brother Or dissed by a honky, or called a nigger Or want our butts to be smaller or bigger The little black white girls are different but strong Zebras have less stripes than we, The little black white girls long to belong Let little white black girls stay free.