BOBBEE BEE: A WORLD WITHOUT COLOR

by Eric D. Graham
Colors.Colors. Colors.All Brother.Could you imagine a world without colors. No RED. NO Black. No Green. All the true revolutionaries in the room know what I mean.
Cause if there was a world without colors
I could not count a jar full of jelly beans
And The Incredible Hulk couldn't be MEAN Cause The Incredible HULK couldn't turn GREEN And if there was a world without COLOR

it probably would be really scary cause I could not text you this poem on my BlackBerry

See, what I mean

In a world with NO COLOR
You couldn't rock your oversized White Tee's-
And girls couldn't wear their TIGHT Blue jeans.
See, in a world without colorYou could not even cheer for your favorite sports teams
Cause there would be No Washington Redskins or Boston Red Sox
Or Cleveland Browns or Cincinnati Reds
And NO Green Bay Packer fans with yellow cheese on the top of their heads.
Hey dude you need to listen to every world I just saidCause it's something everybody needs to think about
Cause if there was NO color
Would it really matter if there was a BLACK MAN in the WHITE HOUSE

And if there was a world with NO color would there still be RACISM in the DEEP SOUTH
And would Flavor Flav take those GOLD Teeth out of his mouth
See, if there was a world with NO color there would be no need for flat screen color-TVs Or Rap videos on BET
Don't get MAD at me
See, if there was a world with no color I could throw away my grandmother's black and white TV from 1963
Do you Remember the Times
Michael Jackson made it plain with just one line
Cause it does not matter if you are WHITE or BLACK
But I still don't understand why he MESSED up his NOSE like that
Doesn't he know that the BLACKER THE BERRY the SWEETER the JUICE

Man, Michael Jackson must have forgotten his ROOTS
See, in a world with NO color America would be through

Cause nobody would have to Pledge Allegigance to the RED, WHITE, and BLUE
And maybe Sean Bell would still be alive just like ME and YOU
Cause he wouldn't have gotten SHOT 50 TIMES by the BOYS IN BLUE
See, if there was NO color what would you DO
How would you think?
Would a Girl BE A GIRL
If She didn't wear PINK
Cause Roses are RED and VIOLETS are BLUE

But in a world with NO COLORS, how would you say I love you.

See, in a world with NO COLOR
I think, I would still ask the Lord to protect us
Cause in a world with NO COLOR,
Would Rosa Parks still have to sit at the back of the bus?
Could I still get down like James Brown And still Say It Loud; I am Black! and I am Proud!
See, a world with NO color
Would probably get Dull after awhile
Cause honestly,A world without color would actually cramp my style
Cause I'm quite VERSATILE
But in a world with NO COLOR
I could not wear my GREEN GUCCI GATORS
Or eat me a box full of rainbow colored Skittles or Now-or LATERS
See, in a world with NO COLOR
I think this is something you should know
Cause RED means STOP and GREEN means GO
But in a world with NO COLOR
There would be alot of traffic jams
Cause there would be no traffic lights
See, a world without COLOR just does seem RIGHTCause in a world without COLOR

There would be NO need for CRAYONS anymore
I mean a BOX of 64
With the build-in pencil sharpner

See, a world without color would be much DARKER And I'm NOT COLOR BLIND

Besides I need my MAGIC MARKERS
So I can paint a pretty picture
And COLOR in between the lines
Cause I'm Artist
Can you Believe This in a world without COLOR
I could not play my BLUES records
Over and over until I remember every line
And press rewindUntil I can paint a beautiful picture
In the back of my MIND
But in a world with NO COLOR
This doesn't make any sense
Cause in a world without color
I couldn't listen to PRINCE
Sing about his "little" RED CORVETTE
But I'm NOT finished yet
Cause in a world with NO COLOR
I could not even hear PRINCE
Sing PURPLE RAIN
Now, that's INSANEBut if there was a World with NO COLOR,
Would that mean there would be NO GANGS?
NO BLOODS, NO CRIPS, NO LATIN KINGSMaybe a world without COLORS is a Beautiful thing

by Eric D. Graham e-mail lbiass34@yahoo.com for comments and remarks