Let me preface this piece with a little background - I was recently at a local dance club when no less than 3 White women came up to me asking me if I could tell them where they could get their hair cornrowed, how gorgeous my skin was, how they have pretty mixed children from Black men, yadda yadda yadda. On top of that, I watched brothas fawn and paw all over these same White girls the whole night. This seemed very strange to me. I asked myself, why do White girls want to be like Black women so bad yet they benefit from and perpetuate our continued oppression?? And why were my brothas trampling over my beautiful sistas in their stampede to get to these White women??
You may not agree with me or feel me on this subject, but I feel lead to share my feelings anyway.
You can’t be me
You can’t be me
Cause see my hair is
NATURALLY
NAPPY
Pretty God-given kinks!
For them I’m
SHO NUFF
HAPPY
Strong
Like a million black fists
You don’t know nothin bout this
Cause see my hair
NATURALLY KNOWS
How to look
FLY IN CORNROWS
Can’t think of your own style?
My **** is funkyflyfresh,
Tryin to be cool like me?
You just can’t do it chile
Comin up to me talkin bout
“Girlll” this and
“Girrll” that
You’re not a part of my world
You’re just too
.
.
.
.
.
.
flat
You can’t be me
Now don’t mistake this for
Bitterness
You simply can’t replicate
My tight ***
Blackness
You can’t be me
Cause see
I’m Nefertiti’s daughter
I lived on the Serengeti
I swam in Nile water
My folks was slaves
in history
your folks kept mine
in misery
See, we created the dances
you try so hard to copy
We created the delta blues
you try to MO DI FY
I gave birth to the Black Man
You want and try to buy
You can’t be me
Trying to talk like I talk
and
Walk like I walk
African you’re not
I’m built like
The Hottentot
My Blackgirl steelo
You can’t imitate it
Cause me and Cleopatra
See, we is RELATED
You can’t be me
Despite that “brotha” you sportin
Yeah,
I see him on your pale arm
Thinkin he’s now “important”
With your silicone lips
(mine are real)
and your flat *** hips
(mine got bass appeal)
talkin bout my brown is too round
(brothas love it’s feel)
You’d earn my respect
If you’d just be your white self
So stop baking in the sun
It’s bad for your health
You can’t be me cause
I’m ORIGINAL WOMAN
You came AFTER ME
Please, STOP FRONTIN
YOU CAN’T BE ME!
©nappygrlflows 2001
You may not agree with me or feel me on this subject, but I feel lead to share my feelings anyway.
You can’t be me
You can’t be me
Cause see my hair is
NATURALLY
NAPPY
Pretty God-given kinks!
For them I’m
SHO NUFF
HAPPY
Strong
Like a million black fists
You don’t know nothin bout this
Cause see my hair
NATURALLY KNOWS
How to look
FLY IN CORNROWS
Can’t think of your own style?
My **** is funkyflyfresh,
Tryin to be cool like me?
You just can’t do it chile
Comin up to me talkin bout
“Girlll” this and
“Girrll” that
You’re not a part of my world
You’re just too
.
.
.
.
.
.
flat
You can’t be me
Now don’t mistake this for
Bitterness
You simply can’t replicate
My tight ***
Blackness
You can’t be me
Cause see
I’m Nefertiti’s daughter
I lived on the Serengeti
I swam in Nile water
My folks was slaves
in history
your folks kept mine
in misery
See, we created the dances
you try so hard to copy
We created the delta blues
you try to MO DI FY
I gave birth to the Black Man
You want and try to buy
You can’t be me
Trying to talk like I talk
and
Walk like I walk
African you’re not
I’m built like
The Hottentot
My Blackgirl steelo
You can’t imitate it
Cause me and Cleopatra
See, we is RELATED
You can’t be me
Despite that “brotha” you sportin
Yeah,
I see him on your pale arm
Thinkin he’s now “important”
With your silicone lips
(mine are real)
and your flat *** hips
(mine got bass appeal)
talkin bout my brown is too round
(brothas love it’s feel)
You’d earn my respect
If you’d just be your white self
So stop baking in the sun
It’s bad for your health
You can’t be me cause
I’m ORIGINAL WOMAN
You came AFTER ME
Please, STOP FRONTIN
YOU CAN’T BE ME!
©nappygrlflows 2001