Album: Fire
mother what's on the stove today?
i can smell your cooking from a mile away
pull up a chair and sit close to me
i wanna look in your eyes so that you can see me
mother do you fear to sing
your ignorance it's a powerful thing
where does it come from and why do you cry?
is the child in you so afraid to fly?
my mother once said, black men will rape you
don't drive home with them and don't let them date you
i'm here to tell you that my mind is my own
i have plans to reshape every facet and bone
my mother once said with a judas smile
i'm looking out for you cause you're my only child
i'm here to tell you that the truth is at stake
are you qualified for the human race?
mother you know i hated you
your ignorance really did come true
long ago on a starry night
an event would come that would change my life
my mother once said, black men will rape you
don't drive home with them and don't let them date you
i'm here to tell you that my mind is my own
i have plans to reshape every facet and bone
my mother once said with a judas smile
i'm looking out for you cause you're my only child
i'm here to tell you that the truth is at stake
are you qualified for the human race?
a black man did rape me but you were not right
my mind is my own not some stereotype
i refuse to believe i will always try
to push my own boundaries and to watch what i buy
ideas in the psyche lost in the mind
ideas are like candy too cruel to be kind
to easy for blindness too easy to see
dear mother his blackness in me
mother you know you gave to me
my arms and my strength and my vision to see
thanks you for helping me grow
you opened me more than you'll ever know