You and the Curious Being of Being You

You like being that dude.
You like being that chick.
You like fooling around in school.
You think underachieving is cool.
You like ridiculing those aiming higher
You like being disengaged, not being aware
You like turning your back on your people.
You like going for self, ignoring everyone else.
You like disrespecting elders w/ knowledge to share.
You like poisoning those who look like you.
You like hating yourself and those w/ your hue.
You like dipping out on your responsibilities.
You like not caring or giving a fuck about your neighbor.
You like walking past those in need on the street.
You see your brother needs help, you say, “That ain’t me.”
You ask a sister for aid, treating her good faith as a freebie
You walk through doors and lock them all behind you.
You like climbing ladders, kicking away those beside you
You like crossing bridges, burning them like Nazi brigades
You like doing dumb shit, immune to embarrassment
You like willful ignorance, no respect for history or sacrifice
You like being disruptive more than productive.
You like falling and failing more than rising and raising
You like excuses; the less accountability, the better
You like all lives mattering more than your own
You ain’t down for the cause; you like putting the cause down
You like to take, take, take when others give freely
You like to flirt with death while others need you to live
You like ignoring that your forebearers fought, marched, were burned, hanged from trees, shot, mutilated, disenfranchised, discriminated against, and went through hell just so you could have at least a glimpse of heaven.
“Nah, tho”
You like being “that dude.”
You like being “that chick.”
You like being “that nigga.”
You like being “that bitch.”
You like being no help at all.
You like having low expectations; you like thinking you don’t deserve more
Or can be more. Or can achieve more.

But you see
the problem is

They like it, too.

Don’t be a stereotype.
Be better than they say you are.
Be better than you think you are.
Levitate, my gods.
Elevate.