Don't I live with a heart that beats just like yours
Don't I feel pain just the same
Does your body not bruise just like mine
If at fault, do we not both feel shame

Why the air I breathe,is the same air you breathe
And the wind brush my skin like it do you
And the sun that beats upon our flesh everyday
Is always going to do, what it do

Why the ocean I swim in is the same as yours
And the land you walk on, I walk on it too
And all the organs that lie within my body
Do the exact same things that yours do

Don't I cry when I'm sad, like you do when your sad
And don't we laugh when our spirits are high
And don't we all run away when we are nervous or scared
And if we're pierced through the heart, won't we die

For the heart is the source and center of all emotional life
Where the deepest and sincerest feelings are kept
And I just can't believe that the color of our skin
Is a barrier for love, and a quality that they must accept

For the skin on our bodies fucntions in all the same ways
It is a covering, a protector, a finish
But because it comes in different shades and different colors
It has caused a problem that will never diminish

And because it will stay, and never go away
Some will never find true love and its worth
So how can someone ever look at my skin
And judge whether or not I'm too colorful to belong on this earth...