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You look at me like I'm unfamiliar |
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Like I'm brand new |
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Like you never knew that you liked them thick |
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I've been carrying this weight |
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In a world beneath these braids |
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And I'm confused |
| [00:34.04] |
Would you take the pain that came |
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With all the parts you wanna claim for you |
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You want my thighs |
| [00:43.46] |
You want my stride |
| [00:45.38] |
But not this melanin |
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You want my hair |
| [00:51.26] |
But you don't care |
| [00:53.44] |
For this complexion |
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I'm a black woman |
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I'm a black woman |
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Cornbread fed |
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Sweat tea sippin' |
| [01:17.53] |
Nubian Queen with the skin that glistens |
| [01:22.07] |
I'm a black woman |
| [01:28.43] |
Sixteen sittin' on the cold floor |
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In the corner after school |
| [01:38.37] |
Recovering from your cover up |
| [01:40.28] |
When you told me |
| [01:41.47] |
I wasn't right for you |
| [01:44.76] |
It wasn't hard to believe |
| [01:47.32] |
'cus when I watch TV |
| [01:49.42] |
I would never see |
| [01:51.20] |
A leading lady look like me |
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Familiar package with less pigment |
| [01:56.19] |
I ain't ignorant, it's just reality |
| [02:01.29] |
You want my thighs |
| [02:03.20] |
You want my stride |
| [02:05.36] |
But not this melanin |
| [02:09.28] |
You want my hair |
| [02:11.34] |
But you don't care |
| [02:13.36] |
For this complexion |
| [02:18.40] |
I'm a black woman |
| [02:26.02] |
I'm a black woman |
| [02:33.63] |
Cornbread fed |
| [02:35.40] |
Sweet tea sippin' |
| [02:37.49] |
Nubian Queen with the skin that glistens |
| [02:41.95] |
I'm a black woman |
| [02:50.52] |
The world tells me there is space for me |
| [02:54.19] |
If I cinch it up |
| [02:56.31] |
And I soak it in |
| [02:58.17] |
The world tells me it'll all be mine |
| [03:02.09] |
With some lashes on |
| [03:04.08] |
And some lighter eyes |
| [03:06.26] |
The world tells me it'll work for me |
| [03:10.08] |
If I let 'em do a little surgery |
| [03:14.35] |
The world tells me it'll change for me |
| [03:18.00] |
With some longer nails |
| [03:20.16] |
And some lightening cream |
| [03:23.56] |
But I'm a black woman |
| [03:28.52] |
(Lose myself to prove myself) |
| [03:32.09] |
I'm a black woman |
| [03:36.34] |
(We've come too far to right these wrongs) |
| [03:39.92] |
'Cus I'm a black woman |
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'Cus I'm a black woman |
