Who are you really?
When the sun sets and lights dim on all you pretend to be,
Who are you really?
When you strip away all the world expects you to be and all the world thinks you should be,
Who are you really?
When you no longer have to have your hair tied up, your make-up beat and you waist snatched,
Who are you really?
Will the mirror reveal a goddess, the kind that can rule over the world of Wakanda, or do you believe that white is better?
The straighter the hair, the thinner the waist, the bleached the skin?
You mean to tell me you ain’t ever tasted a black berry?
You mean to tell me the shrinkage in your afro does not crown your head?
You mean to tell me that jiggle in your ass does not reverberate the confidence in which you ought to walk?
Answer me this melanin Goddess, when the sun sets in the east, who are you really?
See,
The intimidated man says humble yourself, you speak to loud
He says lower your aim, you aim too high
He says lower your expectations, the world owes you nothing
He says swallow your opinion, it shakes foundations
He says stop loving yourself, the world hates you
He says stop talking, his talking.
With all due respect, I think you need to shut up
Let me school you brother, or should I say boy
Any man who thinks a woman is too loud or too confident does not deserve the seat next to her
Man, matter of fact, forget you. Let me speak to the confident women
Lift up your head melanin Goddess,
Walk taller, take up space, speak louder, study harder
Because I woman like you, is called to dominate
A woman like you, will shake foundations
A woman like you deserves a man, who instead of getting intimidated by her strength understands that it takes a woman of strength to help build an empire
It takes a woman of strength to help raise strong children
It takes a woman of strength to know herself, herself worth
And it takes a man of strength to recognize that and is captivated by her strength
So, don’t worry about he who thinks you’re to loud, he who thinks you’re too confident
Because it simply means a man like that, does not have room enough to handle a woman like you
And ain’t nobody got time for that,
I repeat
Ain’t nobody got time for that.
