SOMI: Four African Women

Somi - Four African Women

VERSE 1

My skin is black

My forehead long

My hair is wooly too

And my back is strong

Strong enough to carry on

After genocide and all my family gone

What do they call me?

My name is Gatsinzi

 

VERSE 2

My skin is pink

It used to be black

My mirrors and my magazines

Made me cry

Discarded western bleaching creams

Eat away at my skin and self-esteem

What do they call me?

Beauty queen

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