Because I am God made 

Different in shades

Looked down upon 

But I am beautiful 

I am the woman that birthed you 

The woman that spent 245 years enslaved

OPPRESSED

but I am beautiful 

I am the black woman 

Whose beauty is determined by the color of her skin

The length and texture of her hair 

The curves of her body 

The size of her cups 

But I am beautiful 

OSTRACIZED

accused of being angry all the time 

Living in a world where were not as 

"Foreign" as we should be 

I AM BLACK AND I AM BEAUTIFUL