Black woman
Princess of the tribe
Please describe
How it feels to mother the flock
Consisting of
Black men children and brethren
Beautiful head full of locks
Princess of the tribe
Please describe
How it feels to defend the flock
Consisting of
Black men children and brethren
Defending their honor
Their rights
Princess who fights their fights
Princess who comforts and calms
Expressing coaxing phrases such as
“every thing gonna be alright”
Princess of the tribe you are a nurturer
The keeper of knowledge
You spread wisdom to your kinfolk
With sincere hope
That they’d grow to be kings of the flock
You are raising a nation
Preparing them for the discrimination that they will be facing
Princess of the tribe
Please describe how you do this with heavy burdens
Heart hurting
But still you persevere
Princess of the tribe you have demonstrated resilience
And perseverance
With the continuous momentum fueled by the hunger for freedom and equality
In a secular society
A society who has judged you right off of the back
Giving you two strikes one for being a woman and one for being black
You have overcome rape, prejudice and persecution
Black woman you are not the problem
You are the solution
Princess of the tribe they have tried to defile you with fallacies telling you
That you are good enough to nurse their babies but not good enough to drink from their cups
Princess of the tribe
You have shed light on false ideas of the corrupt
Princess of the tribe you have started a boycott that lasted 381 days
Walking millions of miles to bring us to where we now are today
Princess of the tribe
Please describe
How you have carried these burdens
Heart hurting
But still you persevere
Princess of the tribe Rosa Parks
Princess of the tribe Angela Davis
Princess of the tribe Sojourna Truth
Princess of the tribe
My grandmother
My mother
And the princess of the tribe
Is now me