text: what colour should a person be when they dye? if they're dyslexic? don't know the answer to that one but could be any of these colours! this is a story spoken by a coloured man to a white man!  when l is born l is black! when l grow up,l is black! when l is ill,l is black! when l is sunburned,l is black! when l is dead,l is black!  but you!  when you is born,you is purple! when you grow up,you is white! when you is ill,you is green! when you is sunburned,you is red! when you is dead,you is blue! and you got the nerve to call me coloured!!!!