We is so funny, we get caught up, then fed up then change up. We change or try to change the insides, failing we change the outside. I can't tell you the changes I've been through from afro to fro to no fro to less fro to fro mind to fro on the sides. The truth is I had wild nappy hair and now I'm bald.
Clothes really makes the manikin. You too can be made up into any genre and feel the part. Don't get caught, or you'll play the part too. It'll get imprinted on your soul. That description will haunt you for ever. Did you see Jimmy's boy? He ain't changed from when he went off the deep end. Wasn't satisfied with being somebody, had to be something else.
I look at every person to see if my reflection is there (watch where you look). I watched the Olympic parade of nations, hoping some recognizable faces go past the screen. You know we are from Africa, so I watched Africa go by, not many resembled me. In college I sported wild hair (a fro), played a conga, owned two dashiki. In my mind every African wore a dashiki like clothes. Damn, sports jerseys and tee shirts are common. I was looking at them, they were looking at us. Tee shirt and baseball cap is the international black apparel.
We adorn ourselves, bling bling, bling ink, bling paint, remote bling (cars, homes, cellphones) and inward bling (musics, education, philosophies, histories). Man, we bust all out, then with equal force we bust back in. Yeah I'm a very conservative all out liberal. I found my self one day and didn't recognize him. He appears just before I step into the change of the day. Before I step into the world where everybody is putting on. He always complains about having to put up with others putting on. Hey dude what's that clone you're wearing? That's not a clone, that's me. You're much older that I thought. You see, this is why I have to put on. Yeah buddy but who is the real me? Damn, got caught up again. I'll never live this down. Gotta stop talking to myself in the mirror. Let's see, baseball cap, check, tee shirt, check, man I'm really Black today!
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