Before I am black. Before I am woman. Before I am short. Before I am young. Before I am African. I am Human. Before I am black. Before I am woman. Before I am short.
Well if you dont think you can fight this storm. and if you dont think that you can keep us warm. well if you dont think that you can comprehend. and if you cant find a means to an end.
Hello morning, now when does the fun begin. Goodbye morning, sorry it had to end. But see I cried just a little too long. Now it's time for me to be strong.
I used to hold on. To every word you'd say. And hold you up so high,. I was breaking my back. To keep you that way.. When your shine wore off,. There was nothing left.
Never knowing in the dark, in the light, when the world will change. Eliminating all the far, all the sadness in the falling rain. Touch my heart, touch my soul, lead me into the light of the day.
Oh yeah. na na na na na na. na na na na na na. . You can cry, I won't believe it. You can try, to make me see it. Everything's so wrong,. Nothing feels right at all.
She screams out every night in a billion tears. In desperate fear that you're somewhere near. Faulting her action for all that's occurred. Wanting to tell all, never saying a word.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life. You were only waiting for this moment to arise. Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Turn around. Turn around a little bit more. Look into my eyes, is it me or my disguise. I been up. I been up all nite. Why can't I see the truth, is it me or me with you.
I'm walking down this empty hall of photographs. I push my nose up to the ones I love. The long walk home to where I rest my weary head. I feel as if I'm happy in my cause.
Walking away was the best thing I could ever do. Once you make your decision, your decision is made. When we find ourselves up in arms more often than most.
(Alright Here We Go) Oh my oh my. I think I've failed you. I think you've found somebody new. Oh my oh my. we worked so hard together. And this is what you go and do.
mmm. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah. what's a girl to do?. do do do do do. na na na. do do do do do. na na. . I met Joe through a friend of a friend. Tuesday at my show.
I think I saw you in the mirror last night. A crooked haircut and an old night-light. I started thinkin' about way back when. I can't re-live it but I'll visit it now and then.
When I met you. In the rear view mirror. You were closer then it seemed. I was going through dark troubled times. No sign of light in my view to love.
My neighbors all see me stumblin home. They can see theres somethin bloody bad wrong. They hear me singin the wrong kind of song. Just cause my beds been empty too long.
I'm a bit of a mess. I haven't got dressed for weeks. I've been cryin'. Since you left me. Now my drapes hang in dust. I haven't seen the sunlight. Then you show up.
ooo, ooo, ooo. ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo. . Sweet lovely are you coming home some day. Everybody misses you here. I called you up last night. Spoke your name into the night.
yeah, yeah, yeah. . You've got away of holding me. But you never hold me back, oh yeah. You've got away of pushing me. But you never push me off track.
I got ramblin'. I got ramblin' on my mind. I got ramblin'. I got ramblin' all on my mind. Hate to leave my baby. But you treats me so unkind. I got mean things.