What if a black girl knew?
That she would be desired by others only if
she desired herself
That beauty is not a shade but a mindset
And the best indicator of it
is self confidence
As I talk some sense insert here confidence...
What if a black girl knew?
That her lips where plump and beautiful
She does not need to hold them in
Make them thin
Does not need
to rely on Kylie Jenner
to make her lips an attainable thing
What if a black girl knew?
That there is no such thing as a perfect nose
Because a nose isn't meant to be perfect it's
meant to help you breathe and if u can breathe
black girl
You've succeeded
What if a black girl knew?
That to be ratchet is a culture
Defined by the black Goddess's who's weave
could be any colour
And who's speech could be any kind of cross
from slang to misplaced grammar
Such creativity so what does it matter?
Miley Cyrus does not need to twerk to generate
praise for our culture
But...
What if a black girl knew?
Not to be bitter
That her father, like her sons
where raised by black hands
And you see in your father what you eventually
see in your man
For the moulding of your father came from
similar hands
So if bitter is the sculptor then how sweet
can be the man?
If bitter is the black girl then how sweet
can be our clan?
What if a black girl knew?
That her rubies where hidden in the sand...
What if a black girl knew?
That her hair too was like finely refined
wool
And not a fibre of her hair was the opposite
of cool but it reflects
on our outside the struggle on the inside
Where natural meets the straighteners that
we take to our hatred
Hatred for ourselves
that we project upon each other
But, what if a black girl knew?
That history recorded her as the most sought
after
That her bossoms where like rain drops that
wouldn't dry after
That her body was a magnet to worldwide wonder
and the jealousy was so great!
It polluted the perception of a black girl
until a thousand years later
What if a black girl knew?
She was that same creature
That drove slave masters from wicked hate
Right down to love
by the curves in her figure eight!
by that figure eight! Billion dollar figures
in the bank account of that coke bottle corporation
launched by the shape of that same figure,
eight
Figure out black girl, figure out
The figures match the years of social degrading
Delivered to the black girls demise check
your figures
media ratings
One thousand caucasians on the red carpet
only two black girls make the cut
And they wonder why we can't grow
Let me guess because there are more dark girls
than Lupita Nyongo
But, what if a black girl knew?
That life is what you make it
Opportunities are what you take from it
And there will be no female black president
if no black girl wants to become it
What if a black girl knew?
Not to be victim
Not to be Pacquio but to be Floyd
Because this may weather leaves sun rays on
our lawn
What if a black girl stopped waiting for the
defeat to spring from our floors
What if a black girl knew?
That she should no longer
take the abusive relationship Between her
and the media
but decided to make wedding bands Between
her and her mirror
What if a black girl knew?
Change is possible
Greatness is personal
And though it is black girls at the bottom
of the social totem poll
Pressure makes diamonds
So it's time black girls to make your diamonds
glow
What if a black girl knew?
What if a black girl knew?
What if a black girl knew?
What if a black girl knew?
Knew ?
Knew ?
Knew?
