Let Me

[Spoken Word]
Now, my brothers, I really don't want you to go away with the wrong idea
Yeah, sister
I know it's hard on you, darling
I know that it's hard on you, honey
And I know that
I know how y’all be talking about us when we not around
I know how y’all talk about Sapphire
Y’all say that Sapphire is cold
You say Sapphire don’t give you no slack
And you say that when God was passing out sweetness
That Sapphire was down in hell, drinking gasoline and eating fire
And I guess it do seem like that sometimes
But underneath all of that, all of that
There is so much sweetness, and love, and tenderness
That my question is, can you take it?
All right now
I want to lay on you where Sapphire’s really coming from
What Sapphire really, really has in mind and heart
Sapphire says
I want to be a circle around you
A moving circle, going wherever you go
I want to be your fragrance
So that when they come near you
They will smell the taste of my tongue
The kiss of my fingertips
The heat of my thighs on you
Mm-hmm
I want to be the glow of your skin
Your tight, sweet, magnificent, Black skin
I want to be the pause between your heartbeats
The sound of your breath
And if I can’t be, leave me
So I can smile at death