Yea, so we got this tune called "for women" Originally, it was by nina She it was inspired by, you know Down south, in the south, they used to her mother antie She no mrs. antie She said if ever called her antie She'd burn the goddamn place down I'm over that Coming the new millenium, we can't forget our elders
I got off the 2 in brooklyn on my way to a session Said let me help woman up the stairs before I get to steppin' We got in a conversation she she a 107 Just her was a blessing and her essence was a lesson She had her wrapped And dreads that peeked out the back Like antenna to help her get a of where she was at, imagine that a century, the strenght of her memories Felt like an angel had been to me She lived nigga to colored to negro to black To afro then african-american and right to nigga You figure she'd be in the twilight But she alright, cuz she done sseen the circle of yo Her skin was black like it was with melanin Back in the days of slaves she like harriet tubman Her are long and she moves like song Feet with corns, hand with But her is warm and her hair is wooly And it a lot of energy even negative She dead that the head wrap is her remedy Her back is and she far from a vagabond This is the back of the whip used to crack upon Strong enough to take all the pain, been again and again and again and again and flipped It to the love for her children else matters What do they call her? call her aunt sara
I know a girl a name as beautiful as the rain Her is the same but she suffers an unusual pain Seems she only deals with losers who be usin' games Chasin' the real brothers away like she confused in the She tried to get it she fit in On that american dream mission paid For the receipt to find out her history was and started flippin' Seeing the through very different eyes People askin' her what do when it comes time to chose sides Yo, her skin is yellow, it's her face is blond word is bond And her hair is and straight just like sleeping beauty See, she truly feels she belong in 2 worlds And that she can't relate to other Her father was rich and white still with his wife But he forced himself on her mother late one They it rape that's right and now she take flight Through with hate and spite inside her mind That her up to the break of light a lot of times (I gotta myself) She had to herself They called her safronia the unwanted Blood still blue in her vein and red when she bleeds (Don't, don't, hurt me again)
Teenage sit on the stoops up in harlem Holdin' hands the apollo marquis dreamin of stardom Since they was born the streets is watchin' and And now it got them generations deseases That don't kill you just got problems And that get you first Yo, it's getting worse, when children hide the fact they pregnant Cuz scared of giving birth How will I this baby? How will I survive, how will baby shine? Daddy dead from crack in '85, mommy dead aids in '89 At 14 the baby hit the streets they became her master The of the enslaved, they grow a little faster bodies become adult While they the thoughts of a child her arrival Into was heemed up by her survival Now she 25, grown out her own Doin' whatever it takes strippin', workin' out on the Up on the phone, talkin' (My skin is tan the front of your hand) (And my hair) (well my hair's alright way I want to fix it, It's alright fine) (But my hips, these sweet of mine invite you daddy) (And I fix my lips my mouth is like wine) (Take a sip don't be shy, tonight I wanna be lady) (I ain't too good for your mercedes, but you got to pay me) (You better quit all the question, sugar who's little girl am i) (Why I'm yours if you got enough to buy) (You better stop the compliments we running out of time,) (You wanna talk we could do that it's your dime) (From harlem's from where I came, don't about my name,) (Up on one-two-five call me sweet thang)
A daughter up in georgia, ripe and ready to plant seeds Left the plantation she saw a sign even thought she can't read It came from god and when life get she always speak to him She'd rather her babies than let the master get to 'em She on the run up north to get across that In she learned how to be patient and keep wishin' The promise of eternal life after death for those that god She swears the baby she'll have will breathe a free breath And get milk from a free And love beeing Otherwise they'll have to give up being themselves to Being maids, cleaning ladies teachers Or college graduates, nurses, housewives, prostitutes, and addicts Some will grow to be old women, will die before they born They'll be mothers, and lovers who inspire and make (But me, my skin is brown and my is tough,) (Like the I give my babies when the rainbow's enuff,) (I'll kill the muthafucka that mess with me, I never bluff) (I ain't got to lie, my life has been much too rough,) (Still with barefeet, I ain't got nothin' but my soul,) (Freedom is the goal Life and death is on the whole, in many ways) (I'm awfully bitter days 'Cuz the only parents god gave me, were slaves,) (And it me, I got the destiny of a casualty,) (But I live through my babies and I my reality) (Maybe one day ride back to georgia on a train,) (Folks 'round there me peaches, I guess that's my name.)