[00:00.000] 作词 : Patrick Douthit/Terrace Martin/Quintin Gulledge
[00:00.065] 作曲 : Patrick Douthit/Terrace Martin/Quintin Gulledge
[00:00.131]An ode to the black woman's body
[00:04.243]She's been through a lot
[00:07.006]Years and years on end, she chose to keep on
[00:09.766]To hold on to love, then to love again
[00:12.403]Then to lose to love again
[00:14.122]To hug black bodies like it's the last time
[00:16.455]Like, last time every time
[00:19.804]To bear baby after baby
[00:21.451]Praying this time maybe they'll be birthed into safety
[00:24.381]Ideally a place where someone can love them
[00:28.897]Hoping this time, we can trust each other enough to tell one another our fears
[00:32.870]I might start by saying, "I need you"
[00:36.639]When you go, I'm afraid to let you
[00:38.147]I don't wanna survive alone again
[00:41.706]Our bodies have become too familiar
[00:44.965]With chance, with each other, with freedom
[00:50.241]But never a chance to experience freedom with each other these days
[00:54.249]I'm tired of sharing your body between the world and me
[00:58.265]So, won't you promise this time, your body will make it home to me
[01:03.295]To this love, to this unity
[01:07.816]To this journey we're supposed to be on together
[01:10.577]Yesterday, tomorrow and forever, today
[01:16.105]I'll be waiting for our forever after
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[01:41.326]Nobody tells you how to survive as a black woman
[01:46.587]So let me learn you a lesson
[01:51.354]Black women, you are a threat on every point of the map
[02:00.653]You are love, in its purest form, all unapologetic, all unconditional
[02:09.452]Always too compassionate, sometimes too forgiving
[02:17.733]But, never too afraid to show up
[02:25.252]Black women, you are everything they knew you wouldn't be
[02:34.546]You are gorgeous, even through the suffering
[02:43.081]You needn't forget why
[02:48.612]You hold the world together
[02:51.886]Thank you for your mercy
[02:57.142]You are the strongest form of human
[03:04.170]Black women