The colored woman in America
When I swore allegiance to the red, white and
Blue,
I was too white.
When I swore Allegiance to the red, black and
Green,
I was too black.
When I decided I was red, there was somebody
Putting ideas in my head.
And when I was brown, somebody put me down, said I had an identity problem.
Tall, good looking and tan, I still couldn’t
Hold my man.
But when I was blue, America said "now that’s
The right hue”.
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The hardships of black women THE COLORED WOMAN IN AMERICA
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Submitted by Gerthiesplace on April 22, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 415 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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