I’m so dark that they call me “Black Shadow”
My science DNA say I’m Black like my afro
My momma and my daddy so Black that they blue
Mixed with purple, the world wanna know who’s Blacker than you
My skin so dark that it eat up lotion
My skin so Black they wanna keep me from voting
My hair so nappy that it be breaking my comb
My father so Black that he never came home
My momma so Black she breastfeeding your babies
Black science, Black science is the science of slavery
Black past, Black past,
Black future, Black future
Malcolm X, Martin Luther — the police a shoot ya’
George Floyd and all the others
If you Black, if you Black
The world gonna make you suffer
See, they laugh and joke
When the lights go out
I’m so Black that I’m broke
So I can’t fight this bout
They call me “Black Recursion”
‘Cause I talk to myself
I’m so dark, I’m so dark
They say I’m burning in hell
They still call me n****
Say I’m the scum of the Earth
Black science, Black science
I been Black since my birth
My skin so dark that It eat up lotion
My skin so Black they wanna keep me from voting
My hair so nappy that it be breaking my comb
And my father so Black that he never came home
BLACK SCIENCE.
Ron Dudley, aka Pookanu, published his first book of poetry, “My Science Project,” in 2019. His latest CD, “Father’s Day,” is available at pookanu.bandcamp.com.