Dear Black Girl Lyrics

Dear Black Girl

By the time you read this letter

I pray that you are healed

And that you accept my apologies

For the things that I have done to you

I was rude

I called you ugly

Repeatedly

I stripped away your confidence

Made you feel like you were worthless

You know insecurities

And how we be reflecting em

Forgot to tell you

That you are beautiful

From your kinks and coils

That defy gravity

To your sun kissed skin

Dripped in Melanin

Like the (son's) sun's favorite child

It's no wonder why

All the little boys

Loved your chocolate

You'll have to learn the hard way

That you melt in the wrong hands

That even though you have so much to give

You need to be more careful about

Who you give it to

Some people may not know

How to handle you

They won't deserve you

Dear Black Girl

I know you're thinking

Them boys are hiding

The love that you've been seeking

But the truth

Is that you won't dare recognize that

Love already resides within you

You been IT

So it's going to take a

Teenage pregnancy

To reveal that to you

You know life

And how we be giving it

Unable to give birth

To your own dreams in peace

Because four months later

Another black girl will be

Bearing fruit from the same seed

You know resentment

And how we be feeling it

Kids

Having kids

Too close for comfort

How you explain to your baby

His daddy's a rolling stone

And later on he'll make decisions

That'll cost us as if they were our own

This life

Ain't what you imagined

When you thought

You wanted to be grown

Dear Black Girl

I know

Right now it seems times are as rough as they'll ever be

And I wish with everything within me

That I could've warned you that

Times will get even harder than they seem

You know pain

And how we be feeling it

You're going to lose people

You thought you'd never have to say goodbye to

Choose to believe in people

You thought would never lie to you

On top of that your beautiful

Baby is looking at you

Looking just like you

You know they're going to

Mimic every move

You're going to start to move

Just a little bit differently

Dot them I's and

Cross them T's

You'll soon learn that

Sometimes it'll be impossible to stand

Life will bring you to your knees

Purposely

You know prayers

And how we be lifting em

Take you from

Being broken

Wondering what you did to deserve this

To putting you in a position

Of purpose

Knowing what you did to deserve this

You know blessings

And how God be giftin em

Gain 2020 vision

On how your future

Will reap the benefits

Of all your past decisions

Everything that left you puzzled

Will piece together

Perfectly

A work of Art

Behold this masterpiece

Everything that never made sense

Is now making you dollars

Word on the street is

There's a black owned business

And you the founder

That rocky foundation

Now lifted up and reinforced

Them tears

Left you just a little bit more polished

Every time you wiped them up

Dear black girl

I'm sorry

That I ever doubted you

That I was too afraid

Of the greatness in you

Tilted your crown

Instead of lifting you up

I held you down

But you know grace and

How we be giving it

So forgive me

For I am you

And you are me

Sincerely

Black Girl