Above all things, I am a human being,
With feelings, fears,
laughs and hopes.
I have a right to exist, to be here,
A
right given to me by my birth.
Next, I am a man, a man, a human man,
With all the pressures
that society demands.
I reserve my right to be as much a man as
I want,
And within reason, will do what a man's gotta do.
Then I am a husband with a special wife,
That I love and care
for with all my heart.
Whether you find her ugly or stupid or
clever,
Doesn't matter a jot, I know she loves me back.
Following that, I am a father of two lives,
I want to do for
them what a father should.
And should I fail or should I
succeed,
They will always be my own special ones.
Then I am an Englishman,
Both proud and ashamed of my
heritage.
I don't deny that many things could be better,
But
then that is life in England today.
Only after all those things, am I black.
And when you pick on
the colour of my skin,
Discriminate and generally put
down,
You're only nit-picking, for me, there are more important
things.
Posted: 2007-06-25 22:29:21