The Crown Act

Can I be honest? Speak the truth Life ain't a game So I talk about stuff that's taboo Being different in the workplace Black kids dealing with it During the school day Tameka seeking promotion Mindful of extensions Microbraids may lead to microaggressions May assume the afro reference black power Meanwhile mallory steps In hair wet from a recent shower Tameka shakes her head This the day she dreads Seeing blind spots of preference go over her bosses head At work she don't wing it But somedays she wig it been a warrior for some years like Andrew Wiggins She gets gaslighted While others get ribbons Hard to celebrate them Look at her fake grinning Workplace is Exhausting Workplace isn't fun She can't be herself They rather Squeez her in a bun Say something Speak up for the Black woman What up sister with this song We just want to assist We know it's a plot twist to the code switch They try to figure you out But can't unlock your blackness The bias The blindness to the tactics Unfairness The whereabouts of the awareness Mindful of this The Holy Spirit is your Advocate Her hair is straight lately But don't nothing get straight but straightening Can I be honest? Speak the truth Life ain't a game So I talk about stuff that's taboo Being different in the workplace Black kids dealing with it During the school day