Tank And The Bangas – This Black Girl

Lyrics: This Black Girl by Tank And The Bangas

This Black girl gotta attitude
This black girl has a defense mechanism too
I feel played
at least once a day
I need the treatment just like you give them white girls
I know my worth
And it goes pass the auction block bitch
This black girl don’t want you to tell her shit
This black girl only wants you to correct her in private
Don’t embarrass the muthafuckin diva
This black girl feels like people respect divas so ima be a diva
sweet as misbelieves when I need to be
And mean when the occasion calls for it
and the occasion always calls for it
This black girl
don’t speak for all black girls
but if I don’t say it…who will
They gotta know she
strong willed
and
soft
feminine
dark
go getter
homemaker
and
sometimes not sure about knowing what she wants
but will be dammed if you take her choice
of not knowing
away from her
this black girl need space to fuck up
and wear the crop top
and the thrift store dress
the jordan’s
the reebok’s
the slippers from payless
if i want to pay less
dammit i will pay less
this black girl
will wear the weave she want
rock the fro of her choice
pull the perm from its dusty ass box
or put the oil on each strand of locks
or the twist out and yea i gotta attitude
cause i choose to
Even if i were to fall
how could something so big
play so small?
looking in the mirror
(i wanna be i wanna be)
…this black girl
is over the the passive aggressive
is tired of the micro aggressions
tired of white boys who think they know more
and black boys who’s mad when i show it
this black girl is tired of the boys club
and jobs that pay less or straight up don’t want to pay more
this black girl is tired of prices going up
tired of nobody giving a FUK
this black girl is over
black women being down on their luck
and pulling up the entire community by the strap of her bra
WHERES MY BILLION DOLLAR CHECK
MY EQUITY
MY LAND
MY PROPERTY
MY GOD
MY GOLD
MY PEACE
MY PROSPERITY
MY EDGE CONTROL THAT LAYS
WHEN I TELL IT TO LAY FOR ME
a beauty store that caters to me
and that ball spot that’s been trying to live with me
bitch please!
this black girl wants her 12 year old edges back
vaseline water
balls and barrets
sitting in between my mama knees
like ajax
this black girl don’t wanna “watch what she say”
and be a “lady” just cause my man say
this black girls worth is not attached to my mate
or my job
or an opportunity
or if i made a family
or if i finished school
or my sanctuary
for i worship at the alter of what i see holy
my god
my spirit
my heart
my God given sanity
things this world tried to take away from me
like religion
my body
my beauty
my living
told black girl she was in her feelings
when i was just
feeling…
Even if i were to fall
how could something so big
play so small?
looking in the mirror
(i wanna be i wanna be)
…..
THIS BLACK GIRL IS not your expectations…
not your favorite singer
this black girl
is not your juke box
you will not scream songs at me
i am your tape player
i am not your vinyl
lionel
richie will not be coming out of my throat
to tap for you
i will only
i will only
repeat when necessary
and yea i gotta
attitude
cause i choose to
this black girl
know she
ain’t just a black girl
knows that she is more than a color
knows she ain’t no crayon
that she transcends hues
and others
more than martyr
more than friend
sister
cousin
passionate
lover
healer
hurricane
grower
glower
mother
i am not corner store dollars
i’m more
more
more
i’m the work of my grandmother
and her grandmother
and her grandmother
and her grandmother….
surely you don’t just see me as
just a black girl