By Dylan Andrews, High School Student
Culture & Equity Project Blog
Am I privileged?
Ask the birds that fly away
With deep secrets of my black skin days
Followed by the police just the other day
Stopped me and told me I’m not supposed to be driving by the bay
Am I privileged?
Nice school, nice car but wearing a Windward jersey can only take me so far
My skin is judged, im watched like a hawk
Even the Deans at Windward had to slow down all the talks
Im a percentage of equity for most
They don’t see how my family brags and boast
Im underprivileged, under valued, underheard
But still my black skin secrets fly with the birds
I’m a baller, he must be privileged ain’t you heard
Still no good medical, poor people on my corner
Calling me privilege would be absurd
I’ve been underprivileged since an infant on my moms knee
Ain’t nothing change im last for the vaccine
The impact of Covid 19 showed me what underprivileged means
Maybe color makes privilege, maybe money is the glue
In fact the more i think about it
I am more underprivileged than I knew
My standards of living aint the same and we still fighting for what’s due
I thought justice was on the flag that’s why we call it blue
