Don’t You Wanna Fly, Black Girl?

Ride with Nbs Malay

I often wonder why people hate their skin color. I created this piece(peace) to remind us of what our skin tone means—how people would love to be a different tone while you are hating it. People are bleaching their skin to be lighter while others are burning their skin to be darker. Why can’t we just be happy with how we were made? You don’t get to choose your skin tone because then you lose a part of you. What’s the point? Learn to love yourself—the way you are. I mixed in Nina Simone’s “Black Bird” because when I think of loving my beautiful black, I think of that song. She talked about all the pain this “Black Bird” went through and “don’t you wanna Fly” basically means to me... aren’t you sick of where you are? Aren’t you tired of all the pain and sorrow? Soar! Be yourself! Be you! Be free! So incorporating it into my peace (I know how to spell but you know what I mean)it means to stop being who you are not. Love yourself and be free. Love your skin. Thanks for your time.