I found our spot
she said it was hidden
between our last decision
and me
you are not locked off to anyone
I think any one
except me
accept me

you're like that
you're like that

I smell like black girl
black around our lips
black around your voice

black i say black
found it sticks to the back
of my eyelids

kids say it with me now black
black
black
black

but only if you think it’s a good thing
the greatest thing
since maybe water

we’re like that
you're like that
you're like that
you're like that

why am I like that?
who made me that way

what’s the fiction in the fact?
who wrote it that way?

where’s my pat on the back?
I crave it today?

what’s the math on the facts?
who felt it that way?

what I gained what I lack?
who made me this way?

you more this or that?
who made you that way?

Did a fine job with that.
for real? who made you that way

I got the message from your app.
your thumbs like tap
can’t correct automat
can’t spell the smell black?

contort my shape into that
trigger this trigger that
why are we like that

who made us this way?
do I remind of your past?
who hurt you that d ay?
when I burn I turn to ash
still smelling like cash
keyloyds branded all our flesh
marked the genes with the past

who did it this way
I failed you daily on our path

who made him that way?