The burden that the black woman carries
Is too much for any other woman to carry
Now that doesn’t make her crown any less
But baby our women are the best
The burden that the black woman carries
The amount we can take is kinda scary
We were built up against a world of so much
hatred and envy
The only ounce of love is whats left in me
We were built to nurture, educate, and what to do to make a man feel whole
But when a woman is whole she’s a too independent, too strong, too aggressive or a hoe
You’re never going to get a man acting like that!
Why is that?
You see the strength of a black woman is intimidating because
we are a reflection of God
We are his skin
We are his people
We are Queens
Others will try to tear us down by stereotypes and demographics
Or shame us by saying our body definition is to graphic
But it’s not, it’s a tragedy that we’ve let men shape our realities
Now you’ve joined a battle with your values & insecurities
Your inner Queen is suffering a fatality
It’s screaming please don’t forget about me
Your confidence is drowning
In a sea of people who told you what you couldn’t be
Who told you what not to be
Who told you what you couldn’t do
Or how not wear your hair
Or how to not wear that outfit cause men will stare
Or Why do black women have to burden what other women lack
It’s not my fault that their skin doesn’t shine like mine
It’s not my fault that the blacker the berry the sweeter the wine
It’s not my fault that we don’t age over time
It’s not my fault that we come in all shapes & sizes
It’s not my fault we’re more than just trophy arm prizes
They want us to hate the skin they spend so much money trying to get in
See That’s the burden of a black woman, they’ll try to be me while thinking less of me
They’ll try to be me by making ME think less of me
Everyone is so quick to tear down a black woman
We are the most disrespected and mistreated race in the World
But to me we’re as rare and elegant as pearls
My beauty is not defined by the bounce of my curls
My beauty is not defined by the pigment in my skin
My beauty is defined by what truly lies within
And that’s the burden they’ll forever carry, they’ll never be this black berry.
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