Is it so hard for you to believe

  That I can do the things I do

  Why if you think about it some

  You might think I’m like you

But that would be impossible

From everything you’ve seen

To believe that I am brilliant

Is a thought that is obscene?

My intellect is different

An accepted fact it’s true

So how could I have the answers?

When I’m not prepared like you

My accomplishments though many

Are somehow not the same?

For it’s common knowledge

That I cannot play your game

I could not know the secrets

Of my glorious history

For you’ve fought long and hard

To keep the truth a mystery

I could not be a master

Of technology or law

For in your long held philosophy

That would be a fatal flaw

My success must be limited

To ways that entertain

For it is too uncomfortable

When I’m really in the game

My competence is questioned

Whatever I achieve

To think of me as capable

Is so difficult to believe

And when I am superior

In matters based on thought

It is the pure antithesis

Of everything you’ve taught

For none of us is truly equal

Because we are unique

It’s the recognition our differences

That’s the thing we all should seek

For in each and everyone of us

There is a dazzling light

It’s your prejudice and ignorance

That blocks my brilliance from your sight

For it’s all so very simple

And any fool could see

There are bound to be some superior ones

If there’s any equality

One day you’ll see the problem

And then you won’t hold back

You’ll tap the long neglected asset

Of intellect that’s black!