This Black Girl

[Intro]
(Run away, run away)
(Run away, run away)
(Run away, run away)

[Verse 1]
Uh, this Black girl got a attitude
This Black girl has a defense mechanism, too
I feel played at least once a day
I need the treatment that you give the white girls
I know my worth
And it goes past the auction block, bitch
'Cause Black girl don't want you to tell her shit
This Black girl only wants you to correct her in private
Don't embarrass the motherfucking diva!
This Black girl feels like people respect divas
So I'ma be a diva (Run away)
Sweet as misbelieves when I need to be
And mean when the occasion calls for it (Run away)
And the occasion always calls for it
This Black girl don't speak for all Black girls
But if I don't say it, who will?
They gotta know she's strong-willed and soft
And feminine and dark (Run away)
Go-getter, homemaker
And sometimes not sure about knowing what she wants (Run away)
But will be damned if you take her choice of not-knowing away from her
This Black girl needs space to fuck up
And wear the crop top and the thrift store dress
The Jordans, the Reeboks, the slippers from Payless
If I want to pay less
Damn it, I will pay less! (Run away)
This Black girl will wear the weave that she want
Rock the 'fro of her choice (Run away)
Pull the perm from its dusty ass box
Or put the oil on each strand of locks or the twist-out

[Refrain]
And yeah, I got a attitude!
'Cause I choose to (Run away)

[Chorus]
Even if I were to fall
How could something so big play so small?
Looking in the mirror I wanna be
I wanna be

[Verse 2]
This Black girl is over the passive-aggressive
Is tired of the microaggressions
Tired of white boys who think they know more
And Black boys who mad when I show it
This Black girl tired of the boys club
And jobs that pay less or straight up don't want to pay more
This Black girl is tired of prices going up
Tired of nobody giving a fuck (Run away)
This Black girl is tired over Black women being down on their luck (Run away)
And tired of pulling up the entire community by the strap of her bra
Where's my billion dollar check?
My equity, my land, my property?
My God, my goals, my peace?
My prosperity?
My edge control that lays when I tell it to lay for me?
A beauty store that caters to me?
And that bald spot that's been tryna live with me?
Bitch, please!
This Black girl wants her twelve-year-old edges back
Vaseline, water, balls and barrettes
Sitting in between my mama knees like Ajax
This Black girl don't wanna watch what she say
And be a lady just cause my man say
This Black girl's worth is not attached to my mate
Or my job, or an opportunity
Or if I made a family, or if I finished school
Or my sanctuary
For I worship at the altar of what I see holy
My God, my spirit, my heart, my God-given sanity
These things this world tried to take away from me like religion
Or my body, or my beauty, or my living
Told this Black girl she was in her feelings when I was just feeling

[Chorus]
Even if I were to fall
How could something so big play so small?
Looking in the mirror I wanna be
I wanna be

[Verse 3]
This Black girl is not your expectations
Not your favorite singer
This Black girl is not your jukebox
You will not scream songs at me!
I am not your tape player
I am not your vinyl, Lionel
Richie will not be coming out my throat to tap for you
I will only—I will only—I will only repeat when necessary

[Refrain]
And yeah, I got a attitude!
'Cause I choose to

[Verse 4]
This Black girl knows she ain't just a Black girl
Knows that she is more than just a color
Knows she ain't no crayon
That she transcends hues and others
More than martyr, more than friend
Sister, cousin, passionate lover
Healer, hurricane, grower, glower, mother
I am not your corner store dollars, I'm more!
I'm more, I'm so much more!
I'm the work of my grandmother and her grandmother!
And her grandmother, and her grandmother!
And her grandmother!
Surely, you don't just see me as just a Black girl!

[Outro]
(Run away, run away)
And I'm only gon' cut that shit once (Run away)
I ain't doin' it again (Run away)
*laughter* (Run away)
Ooh, that felt powerful y'all!
Ooh, that felt powerful!
(I love being Black!)
Ooh, that felt powerful!