"Black or White"

It was a gloomy day outside when I sat in my car having endured a long car ride. I switch on the radio and I suddenly hear my song, “Black or White”. I remember that exact moment when I heard my song “Black or White” play on the radio in 1991. What a time to be alive! As I sat in my car, enduring a very long journey ahead, I looked back to that song, and remember of living in the moment of 1991.  Being a successful artist to me is trying to express an important issue the community. Music is nothing without an intention behind it, or a concept. Which is why many of my songs have been very successful in my opinion. I looked outside my tinted car window and watched as the buildings go by. Wow, “black or white” I remember that significance. Equality of the 1990’s and the many years to come after.  Let me tell you about it.

I was and am still part of this racial community.  My audience as I expected are of both ethnicities of White or Coloured.  This is where I feel that many common problems reside in because of their ethnicities in racism. It always has been in my lyrics to express my opinion on these matters. On the radio I sing “They printed my message in the Saturday sun, I had to tell I ain’t second to none” At this time, I was undergoing a traumatic change in my life. I stated that I am not nobody, that I have equalities just like everybody else. But then what is equality. I questioned. The public of even in 2015 in this day an age all individually define equality differently. “I told about Equality, and it’s true, either you’re wrong or you’re right”  So many people judge against one another in this racial tension.

This was where I felt that chorus is what defines the song, “If you wanna be my baby it don’t matter if you’re Black or White” I stand true to my word, even of now, I really don’t matter to me if you’re black of white. “If you wanna be my brother it don’t matter if you’re black of white” is the other line in the chorus, I both wrote “Baby, and brother” because both refer to somebody I love and respect as family, so I strongly feel that I’ll except anybody no matter what racial ethicity you are from.  Its 2015, we should not be judging people by the colour of our skin. Someone once told me that culture defines one’s behavoir. Its embedded into us so we can either learn to form equality or deny it. I think that in the 90’s and from then on, this video was very monumental to me. I tried to express that people should not be scared of discriminating people in this world which is why I made this upcoming part I was about to sing on the radio.

“I am tired of this devil, I am tired of this stuff, I am tired of this buisiness, So when the going gets rough, I ain’t scared of your brother, I ain’t scared of no sheets, I ain’t scared of nobody, Girl when the goin’ gets mean.” I refered to rasicm as the devil. I’m tired of rasicm. I think remembering back to this time, this was when everything started to go downhill for me. But I’m proud of what I said. I’m still not scared when things get bad. This lyric refers to how I will fight if anybody discriminates against another race and will not let it affect me. In my song I mention how gangs and clubs are actually protective of these beliefs. It’s a war of their “turf”.

I remember that this was the period that the public was against me. I actually have a skin disorder that destroy’s the pigments of my skin. I underwent surgery where I became shades lighter of my original skin. This is why the song was made to. I remember going on Opera’s show and talking about this. This pigmentation that destroys my skin is something that I cannot help, when people make up stories about how I don’t like who I am, it hurts me” Through this song I opened up many gates and I want people to know that rasicm is only but a choice people make, as everyone is equal to me.