On this journey
I will not lose
I refuse
to be a statistic filed away in A-Z in the government vault up there like they file away information pertaining to national security
Not me
I...will...not lose
I refuse to be a statistic
And be looked down upon because of my ethnicity when in reality it all started with me
A descendant
A queen
A princess
A granddaughter of the original E-V-E
You can't be me
I...will...not...lose
Can't afford to
That's just how it be
Because when I'm literate you claim me to be uppity
I can't afford to let down those behind
In the past
From Nefertiri to Sojurner Truth
Let loose
How I can't lose
I refuse to lose
Because its already been bought
My chance for opportunity
My opportunity for chance
Because I will not lose
And you just aren't
I am the desendant of grandmother's tears
From way back when
That disappeared unknown sizzled into the ashes of the fire of the slave quarters
I am the descendant of the tears
of that young mother who was refused care cause she was colored
and now her baby's life is expired
I am the descendant
I am the one
Who saw the stange fruit Billie Holiday spoke of
How in my eyes I saw my husband
Brother
and Cousin
My father
my mother's husband and son
became a main attraction at a pick a nig or more recently picnic
You see...I will not lose
Its not genetically right
and I see my sisters around me
Who just allow
To lose
What? There's no way in hell
Get up off your assets
and be you
You can't afford to lose
You make mistakes as do I
But we don't succumb to those outcomes
thats exactly why
We will not lose
We can't afford to
We got this journey that never seems to end
I...will...not...lose
Your chains can only physically harm me
But my intellectual ability
Capability and blessing still function
Because don't you see as a we
We, sisters, are here and they believe
They believe! Can you believe this?
That we're only good for breeding
Breeding and sexing
What kind of **** is that?
We can't afford to lose....because they believe we only like
Physical Stimulation
and materialistic prizes
Why you going wit that?
Is it really like that
You can't take it with you
So why cherish something that doesn't last
I can't lose...because I refuse
I'm black
I'm a woman
so if I scare you, there's nothing you can do
Because I'm deadly
and this is true
Why is that so....because I...will...not...lose
I will not lose
I refuse
to be a statistic filed away in A-Z in the government vault up there like they file away information pertaining to national security
Not me
I...will...not lose
I refuse to be a statistic
And be looked down upon because of my ethnicity when in reality it all started with me
A descendant
A queen
A princess
A granddaughter of the original E-V-E
You can't be me
I...will...not...lose
Can't afford to
That's just how it be
Because when I'm literate you claim me to be uppity
I can't afford to let down those behind
In the past
From Nefertiri to Sojurner Truth
Let loose
How I can't lose
I refuse to lose
Because its already been bought
My chance for opportunity
My opportunity for chance
Because I will not lose
And you just aren't
I am the desendant of grandmother's tears
From way back when
That disappeared unknown sizzled into the ashes of the fire of the slave quarters
I am the descendant of the tears
of that young mother who was refused care cause she was colored
and now her baby's life is expired
I am the descendant
I am the one
Who saw the stange fruit Billie Holiday spoke of
How in my eyes I saw my husband
Brother
and Cousin
My father
my mother's husband and son
became a main attraction at a pick a nig or more recently picnic
You see...I will not lose
Its not genetically right
and I see my sisters around me
Who just allow
To lose
What? There's no way in hell
Get up off your assets
and be you
You can't afford to lose
You make mistakes as do I
But we don't succumb to those outcomes
thats exactly why
We will not lose
We can't afford to
We got this journey that never seems to end
I...will...not...lose
Your chains can only physically harm me
But my intellectual ability
Capability and blessing still function
Because don't you see as a we
We, sisters, are here and they believe
They believe! Can you believe this?
That we're only good for breeding
Breeding and sexing
What kind of **** is that?
We can't afford to lose....because they believe we only like
Physical Stimulation
and materialistic prizes
Why you going wit that?
Is it really like that
You can't take it with you
So why cherish something that doesn't last
I can't lose...because I refuse
I'm black
I'm a woman
so if I scare you, there's nothing you can do
Because I'm deadly
and this is true
Why is that so....because I...will...not...lose