[ How Do You Say ( I’m SORRY ) To Someone Who Has A Different
     Colored Face? ]
[ How Can I Empathize ]
[ With Someone When I’ve Never Been In Their Place? ]

[ If Someone Asks Me ( WHAT RACE ARE YOU? ) ]
[ I Tell Them ( SLOW ) ]
[ So I Can See What They Say Or Do ]

[ I’ve Never Walked A Mile In Their Shoes ]
[ Because That’s Something ]
[ That I Literally CAN’t Do ]

[ & They Can Never Walk A Mile In Mine ]
[ Because Being As Short As I Am ]
[ I’m Dismissed & Overlooked ]
[ Time After Time ]

[ We All Put Up With Being Screwed ]
[ By Other People ]
[ Who Have That Incredible Urge To Be Downright Rude ]

[ I Didn’t Grow Up Being Worried, Wary Or Scared Of The
     Police ]
[ To Tell You The Truth ]
[ I Get More Irritated & Annoyed By My Niece ( NOT You Sanoe ) ]

[ If A Cop Pulls Up Behind Me On The Street ]
[ I’ve Never Been Worried ]
[ About Being Arrested, Shot Or Beat ]

[ So As Long As We Are Being Real ]
[ I Think That It Is A Big Deal ]
[ To Observe & Say ]
[ I DON’t Know How You Feel ]

[ & It Would Also Be, Just As Disrespectful For Others To Say ]
[ That They See Things My Way ]

[ Our Past Has Molded Us Into The People We Now Are ]
[ But I Don’t Think A Tragedy ]
[ Gives People Permission To Vandalize & Torch Others Cars ]

[ I’ve Never Lied ]
[ By Saying I Can See Everything From Your Side ]
[ My Life & World Experiences ]
[ Have Never Been That Wide ]

[ Your Issues Have Always Been Yours ]
[ I Can Never Say Let Me See Them ]
[ Do You Give Tours? ]

[ Just Like The Difference Between Genders Is A List A Mile
     Long ]
[ Both Genders Can Be Right Or Wrong ]
[ Weak & Strong ]

[ Everyone Has Their Strengths & Times When They Are Weak ]
[ Some Are Good @ Listening ]
[ While Others Say Some Profound Words When They Speak ]

[ My Biggest Wish ]
[ Is That Everyone Can Find Their Niche ]

[ So How Can It Be ]
[ That All Of This Affects You ]
[ More Than All Of This Affects Me? ]
[ I Think It All Comes Down To ]
[ What We Individually See ]

[ & That All Circles Back On How & Where We Were Raised ]
[ What Also Comes Into This ]
[ Is Were We Constantly Berated ]
[ Or Constantly Praised ]

[ So As Far As I Can See ]
[ There Are Lots Of Good Reasons ]
[ How & Why We Can Agree ]
[ To Be Able To Disagree ]

~ Ka hopena ~

||  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ||
||  A hui hou mākou  ||
|| Aloha ||   ‎ 
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|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||