Colored People

<br>Pardon me, your epidermis is showing<br>I couldn`t help but note your shade of melanin<br>I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement<br>cause I see (the) beauty in the tones of our skin<br>We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all<br>We`re colored people, and we live in a tainted place<br>We`re colored people, and they call us the human race<br>We`ve got a history of mistakes<br>And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace<br>A piece of canvas is only the beginning<br>It takes on character with every loving stroke<br>This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist`s heart<br>By God`s design, we are a skin kaleidoscope<br>We gotta come together, aren`t we all human after all?<br>Ignorance has wronged some races<br>And vengeance is the Lord`s<br>If we aspire to share this space<br>Repentance is the cure<br>Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man<br>Should make it easy for you to see<br>That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones<br>As a part of our anatomy