Burden

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.