Queens

Like society did when they told black women to invest in hair extensions/
Making white the standard
Raising racial tensions/
Subliminally sayin
Don’t love yourself/
Cuz if you can’t love yourself
You can’t love someone else/
That’s the root of hate add
Money for the root of evil/
The most evil hate is hatin yourself based off how others see you/
You can’t lie, I know you
Cry behind closed doors/
And find strength
In every Text you ignore/
Reflect on all the bad I did
To Build your aggression/
Whether you love me or you hate
Me Both reflect an obsession/
You can’t regret me, I
Never cheated on you hun/
But I know that you gon cheat
With Me on your next one/
And maybe that’s far fetched
But so were we from the start/
Fuck who you marry I know you
Wish it was me in your heart/
Ladies, this world is.
And you gotta
Understand that.
I Remember Our Daughters Name Was Supposed To Be Aloli/
Kept It Holy We Use To Pray
Every night Before Bed/
She said In Heaven We Can’t Recall People From Earth Then I Said/
I Don’t Need To Remember You I’ll Find You Again When We’re Dead/
And things not better at
Home My mom still cryin/
And I ain’t got time — just
Money, so I stay buyin/
Shit that’ll never really
Fill her emotions/
But that Marc Jacobs bag The color of love, hope that shows my devotion/
You’re never too old for anything
Mom, you’re full of life/
Out here applying all you
Taught Me, I’m just livin right/
My love for women comes
From seeing your power/
Thankful for everything I learned from you just talking for hours/
I remember how you cried
When you saw us at prom/
Appreciate how you loved her knowing that she lost her mom/
But Things don’t always
Work Out as you plan/
Sorry for what I put y’all thru
While growing from boy to man/
Ladies, this world is.
And you gotta
Understand that.
They’ll try to tell you my flaws
Before they tell you my positives/
Believe all that you hear and you’ll Never know what honest is/
Or why ya man cheats but
You won’t let him see you cry/
Cuz in your heart you fear the
Truth and much rather live out a lie/
Fuck that, As a
Woman be all you can be/
When it’s all said and done
I want you doin better than me/
You don’t need a man You’re
Strong and independent/
If I ever broke your heart it
Wasn’t intended I Pray I mend it/
Men do a poor job Of reminding women their worth/
But I’m Thankful for you all
You’re the channel to earth/
Nothing more valuable than the
Love of a woman and womb/
But even roses protect their
Beauty In thorns just to bloom/
Be mad, but don’t hate me
Never meant to let you down/
Loves like water it can slip thru
Your fingers or make you drown/
The fact you think this verse is
For you is what makes it harder/
Cuz it’s not, these are the jewels
That I woulda dropped on our daughter/
Ladies, this world is.
And you gotta
Understand that.