Hyper Sexualized (from "For The Colored Girls")
The dip that leads to the split,
The split in between your thighs
Is not where your purpose lies.
If he can not look at you in your eyes when speaking
Then he does not deserve you.
He is not deserving you,
And he does not respect your majest.
This is for the colored girls
I love you when no one else will
When you are shriveled
When you are unavailable
When you get love handles
Or when you are on your menstrual
I am here, because I am you.
And I know the pressure we go through
To present our best face
I know the constant decisions we have to make
In order to gain some attention.
Listen, please!
Your mind is not in between your knees
Your intelligence is not slung in the valley of your cleavage
Your royalty is not that necklace
Or that lace print
Or that dress you want to look your best in
So you work out, and your body is up to his health standards
But emotionally wounded
I love you and myself enough to know
That we shouldn’t be doing it
I love you and myself enough to know
That loving who you are
Imperfections and intricacies
Is the only thing to continue proving
This is for the colored girls
Thrown into a world as
Woman, Black, Young, Old
Hyper sexualized, perpetuated by society
Our ass and our luscious lips are ours
And they should be a mystery
Too many to confuse
Ignorance, aggressiveness, with assertive sexuality
Don’t think that girls on TV gyrating their souls loose are an image of you
I love me, I love you, and I love them, too
But I think we need to wake up
And reclaim our make up
Because we are naturally phenomenal and unique
I am proud to be a black woman
And for the colored girls
Once we reclaim this world
In sisterhood I know you can, too
Be proud to be a black woman.