BLACK. Lalah Hathaway (Ft. Common & Rapsody)

[Intro]
This is the story of a Black girl

[Verse 1: Rapsody]
Black, Black, Black (Black)
Black (Black)
Black, Black, Black
I love being Black, bustin' raps, the smell of flat irons and Blue Magic
Aluminium-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 dancеd on beat
I love the brown on mе, chocolate babies, I love the Black family (I love, I love)
Electric slidin', I love we lean to the left when we drivin'
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