I’m Not Like Them…

To quote Kendrick—

you know I was conflicted.

Kendrick is Black, and of the music scene,

is Black,

is the Black,

is Black y’all,

is Black y’all,

is blackity Black,

is Black y’all.

From Compton.

Won a Pulitzer.

Wonderful.

Happy for him, honestly.

And yeah,

Drake ain’t like him—

not because he went to Georgia

to simp for people

to be on his songs

so he could be relevant in hip-hop—

but because he’s Jewish.

A child star actor.

And got to have all of the success

and acclaim

without anybody having to clock him

on anything.

He’s never known

a day of struggle in his life.

And it’s frustrating—

but because educated BIPOC women

of the diaspora

understand what it’s like

to be an “Oreo”

for other reasons,

we still fux with him heavy.

Especially when Issa said

in her storytelling,

“Drake… he just gets us.”

I kind of know what she means.

“I C both sides like Chanel.”

I guess I’m

a Frank Ocean bitch,

actually.