BLACK.
Lalah Hathaway"BLACK." is a song by Lalah Hathaway, released in 2024 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:18 long and contains 47 lines and 384 words.
Lyrics
0:04This is the story of a black girl
0:12Black black black black
0:16Black black
0:17Black black black
0:21I love being black bustin' raps the smell of flat irons and blue Magic
0:25Aluminum-foil plates the pork chops and cabbage that walk that talk
0:28Ain't I cool ain't I cool
0:30I love to fool with folks bust jokes laugh to keep from crying
0:33Black death I hate we keep dying our love we keep flying our love
0:36Defying gravity and odds I love we love god
0:38Catch the holy ghost grandma with the housecoat
0:40Brothers on the corner go rope-side halleloo
0:43I cry for the black moms that gotta bury they black babies
0:45They dads incarcerated
0:46I pray I pray I pray we smile smile smile
0:49Black gums african drums love we danced on beat
0:52I love the brown on me chocolate babies
0:53I love the black family I love I love
0:55Electric slidin' I love we lean to the left when we drivin' lean
0:59I love braids breeze medallions and lace fronts
1:01The bass drums we back that thing up too vibin' vibe vibe vibe
1:04Ain't nothing but a black thing
1:05Ain't nothing but a black thing
1:06I love the fight in us that still remains
1:08I love we love through the pain
1:09I love I love I love I I I love
1:13Being black I love I love I love
1:18I love
1:21Black black black to the futuristic
1:24Choose your lipstick we are colorful
1:27I love being black we are loveable
1:30With a flair like clair huxtable
1:32There are no cliffs
1:33Notes to the experience from which we spit quotes
1:36In big boats we 'cross troubled waters
1:41At times I felt like a fatherless child
1:44But I love my daughter
1:45And now Pops is dead a supporter from the eternal
1:49In the ancestral plains we fly high through the turbulence of the world
1:54To once again find our future in a newborn girl
1:58The future is thorough existence
2:02Knowing we existed and will exist through out the distance
2:05Who run the world who run the world
2:08Who run the heavenly domains
2:10The windows of heaven are open and there is no pain
2:13Just a majestic land with black feet black hearts and black souls
2:18So I say one love because we are chosen ones
This is the story of a black girl Black black black black Black black Black black black I love being black bustin' raps the smell of flat irons and blue Magic Aluminum-foil plates the pork chops and cabbage that walk that talk Ain't I cool ain't I cool I love to fool with folks bust jokes laugh to keep from crying Black death I hate we keep dying our love we keep flying our love Defying gravity and odds I love we love god Catch the holy ghost grandma with the housecoat Brothers on the corner go rope-side halleloo I cry for the black moms that gotta bury they black babies They dads incarcerated I pray I pray I pray we smile smile smile Black gums african drums love we danced on beat I love the brown on me chocolate babies I love the black family I love I love Electric slidin' I love we lean to the left when we drivin' lean I love braids breeze medallions and lace fronts The bass drums we back that thing up too vibin' vibe vibe vibe Ain't nothing but a black thing Ain't nothing but a black thing I love the fight in us that still remains I love we love through the pain I love I love I love I I I love Being black I love I love I love I love Black black black to the futuristic Choose your lipstick we are colorful I love being black we are loveable With a flair like clair huxtable There are no cliffs Notes to the experience from which we spit quotes In big boats we 'cross troubled waters At times I felt like a fatherless child But I love my daughter And now Pops is dead a supporter from the eternal In the ancestral plains we fly high through the turbulence of the world To once again find our future in a newborn girl The future is thorough existence Knowing we existed and will exist through out the distance Who run the world who run the world Who run the heavenly domains The windows of heaven are open and there is no pain Just a majestic land with black feet black hearts and black souls So I say one love because we are chosen ones
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