Here is the song of the colored girl.                                                                                  Here is the girl suspended from school for her hair.
Here are the women with Vaseline ponytails and Crisco twists.
Here are the girls with heat damage from European standards being pushed on them.
Here is the song of the colored girl.
Here are the girls with whip braids,
The girls with with dome afros,
The girls who cut it all off.
You think I need straight hair to be gorgeous? Honey, I don't need hair at all.
Here is the song of the colored girl.
Here is the girl who spends her time speaking, shouting, standing for something.
She is never silenced.
Here is the song of the colored girl.
Stay strong, girl of the Earth. Mother Nature herself made you.