Black girl, brown girl, white girl…   A tattoo of rain on the window pane A military drum, fitting in its way You wouldn’t recognize me, Oakland Brass buttons and polished boots The eyes of a soldier Cold and hard...

Black boy, brown boy, white boy, It makes no difference in the dark, And when I’m with you It’s always night. Street light is broken again, Only the moon casting light through the bars Dowsing us in shadowed strips of...