Woman I am Can’t you see The way my hips move to their own beat when I walk How I stop natural disasters when I talk Planets lose their alignment when I bleed And fall back into order when I succeed Cuz female energy is even more attractive standing next to a black woman like me
What does it mean to cry When feelings stay locked from the Surface Emotions I fear Crammed into small tears The tears that I make myself Forfeit
What does it mean to hurt When the scars are from those Who don’t know you They’ve watched you grow up And you feel their love But they don’t know the real you
When I’m asleep I run Down a path in a gold And green Meadow And someone’s out there With true love to share Then I wake in the real world Feeling alone
Alone I’m home That shouldn’t be so Where’s the log to my fire? Because I’m working for me And I’ll never retire
Bring on the thunder! Bring on the rain!! There’s no true life Without some small pain So I’ll be the thunder! And I’ll be the rain!! I know how to cry now So I’ll work through the pain
If I’m coming alive I acknowledge I hurt inside My tribulation brought me to salvation I had to suffer to write I don’t need you to understand my plight Just know that I’m coming alive
your love runs dry it always rains you’re the reason for my worst days the blues I choose the shades of gray you paint the sky on my darkest days I hate you most but I hate the way you’re still the sun on my perfect days