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WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? IS IT A DISEASE? WELL, IF IT IS, I SURE HOPE IT'S CATCHING BECAUSE THEY NEED TO POUR IT INTO A BOTTLE, LABEL IT, AND SPRINKLE IT OVER ALL THE PEOPLE - MEN AND WOMEN - WHOEVER LOVED OR CRIED, WORKED OR DIED, FOR ANY OF US.
SO...WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? IS IT A CRIME? ARREST ME! BECAUSE I'M STRONG, BUT I'M GENTLE. I'M SMART, BUT I'M LEARNING, I'M LOVING, BUT I'M HATEFUL. AND I LIKE TO WORK BECAUSE I LIKE TO EAT AND FEED AND CLOTHE AND HOUSE ME, MINE, AND YOURS AND EVERYBODYS, LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 400 YEARS.
WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? IS IT INSANE? COMMIT ME? BECAUSE I WANT THE HAPPINESS, NOT THE TEARS, TRUTHS, NOT LIES, PLEASURE NOT PAIN; SUNSHINE, NOT RAIN; A MAN NOT A CHILD!
WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? IS IT A SIN? PRAY FOR ME! AND PRAY FOR YOU TOO, IF YOU DON'T LIKE WOMEN OF COLOR BECAUSE WE ARE...MIDNIGHT BLACK, CHESTNUT BROWN, HONEY BRONZED, CHOCOLATE COVERED, COCOA DIPPED, BIG LIPPED, BIG HIPPED, BIG BREASTED, AND BEAUTIFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME!
SO, WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? DOES IT BOTHER YOU THAT MUCH BECAUSE I WANT A MAN WHO WANTS ME, LOVES ME, AND TRUST ME, RESPECTS ME AND GIVES ME EVERYTHING BECAUSE I GIVE HIM EVERYTHING BACK PLUS!
WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? I'VE GOT RIGHTS, SAME AS YOU! I WORKED FOR THEM, DIED FOR THEM, PLAYED AND LAID FOR THEM, ON EVERY PLANTATION FROM ALABAMA TO BOSTON AND BACK!
WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? I LOVE ME, AND I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME TOO. BUT I AM, AS I ALWAYS BEEN, NEAR YOU CLOSE TO YOU, BESIDE YOU, STRONG, GIVING, LOVING FOR OVER 400 YEARS, YOUR BLACK WOMAN....LOVE ME!!!! |
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