<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=386797" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Am An African Child</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">What can you see in me<br>except for my skin? <br>I am black and proud.<br>Humble but i have my pride.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Am a street king.<br>Bare footed i walk the street.<br>Am well known in every zone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You say am weak, <br>but listen.<br>In me there is no retreat.<br>In me there is no surrender.<br>I fight until i cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you know my fear, <br>tell me.<br>I am never afraid.<br>Even when the masqurade dance<br>i follow closely behind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What do you see? <br>Shame? <br>Well listen and learn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With almost toothless mouth, <br>i smile.<br>I like playing half naked, <br>with my tommy like kwashiorkor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When i fall, i get up.<br>Cleaning my body<br>with my dirty hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Outfitted or not, <br>every sunday i wear<br>my best cloth to church.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Without night bath<br>i sleep on my mat.<br>But when i wake up, <br>i find myself on a cold floor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like goldminers, <br>i diligently i seek for tyres<br>to roll around with my other brothers.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like an he goat<br>it takes more than a stroke<br>of cane to make me change.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In finding trouble, <br>there is great humor<br>and i run away when i find one.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Am black as dark.<br>At night the only thing<br>you see is my white eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An African Child<br>Am proud<br>That is who i am.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Enebeli+Ifyprada">Enebeli Ifyprada</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=386797" data-title="I Am An African Child de Enebeli Ifyprada" data-description="What can you see in me except for my skin? I am black and proud. Humble but i have my pride. Am a street king. Bare footed i walk the street. Am well known in every zone. You say am weak, but listen. In me there is no retreat. In me there is n..."></div> </div> </div>

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