Who Am I Lyrics

Who Am I, Do you know what I did

Who Am I, I left you a blueprint

In the midst of opposition, I changed my position

Yall ready, Let's go

At the age of 15, I had to do it

A pioneer of the Civil Rights movement

The bus driver asked me to give up my seat

I refused, so they arrested me

Everybody knew this won't right

I was sitting far behind the seats, reserved for whites

Local members did a boycott

I did this nine months before Rosa Parks

I'm touring the region performing my story

Of how I went from gory to Glory

A stage show to include a panorama

On the slavery institution, much like the slammer

After my family was taken

I got to earn my freedom from the money that I'm making

I stuffed myself in a box and shipped it

250 miles later I made it

Who Am I, Do you know what I did

Who Am I, I left you a blueprint

In the midst of opposition, I changed my position

A rip in the fabric of time

Who Am I, A real testimony

Who Am I, Please don't forget me

I rejected my conditions, a better way of living

Some consider this a major crime

I'm a ice cream innovator

I didn't create ice cream, I just made it better

I started out as a chef, in the White House

Cooking for presidents, that's how I gained clout

Until I opened up my own business

Confectionery catering, making techniques

That were inventive, sharing recipes with other

Black polars, making it less expensive

A known storyteller, a public speaker

A courageous eloquent activist leader

The first known African American

To write a poem about an ambush, by the Indians

I was only 16 when it went down

It happened in a certain part of town

Called the bars, so I call it"Bars Fight"

Two white families fighting for their life

Who Am I, Do you know what I did

Who Am I, I left you a blueprint

In the midst of opposition, I changed my position

A rip in the fabric of time

Who Am I, A real testimony

Who Am I, Please don't forget me

I rejected my conditions, a better way of living

Some consider this a major crime

Born in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn

An advocate for colored rights, is what I'm pushing

I'm the eldest of four daughters

Parents were immigrants from Barbados, they crossed the waters

I'm the first black woman to be elected

To Congress, also check it

I'm the first black presidential candidate

Yeap, I ran for president before Barack Obama did it

You wanna know what I did

Well it started when I was a little kid

Being bullied for my skin color, I was darker than the others

Told my sister and my mother, said don't hide undercover, so I

Started up a clothing line, no question

I call it"Flexing in my Complexion"

To combat racism and colorism

As a result, I've been on television

Who Am I, Do you know what I did

Who Am I, I left you a blueprint

In the midst of opposition, I changed my position

A rip in the fabric of time

Who Am I, A real testimony

Who Am I, Please don't forget me

I rejected my conditions, a better way of living

Some consider this a major crime