Taking a chance

Is it wrong to be scared

To not know how to be prepared

Because we’ve come from so much pain and agony

With peace and hope I can’t just keep imagining 

All the possibilities that could happen 

Hoping that you discover your own passion 

Not just to live for small satisfaction 

Asking for you to take action 

Because you remember the stories of the protest 

All for unjust arrest 

Men and women just trying to be there best 

And if I may confess 

I’m scared of the process 

Being judged for what I’ve been born with 

That nappy natural hair 

The type that needs much care 

On my knees learning the Lord’s Prayer 

That dark soft skin 

Better than the works of the cotton gin

Cause you remember what pac said 

“The darker the skin the deeper the roots”

I’ve got all the attributes 

But is that what you see 

I know in my heart what I keep 

Is it wrong to be scared 

To not know how to be prepared 

Should I just take a chance 

All in one glance 

For my dreams to be enhanced 

Should I just take a chance 

Escape this trance 

Oh should I just take a chance