She has come a long way from lying stiff on the wooden planks

Survived through the middle passage and made babies

The little black girl cries because she is pained

This pain had nothing to do with the physical things

She could take the worst beating from old master and the most horrific names the white children would say

That little black girl cries because all her work was put to waste

All her struggles have gone to be seen by only the blind mans eye

That little black girl sheds the worst tears because she feels unappreciated

And some look at her and think but we gave you a whole month dedicated 

Well that month don't seem like much when little black children run around here acting crunk

That one month ain't too much when our people would rather be locked up in jail cells than to be free because that is the only time three meals are gareenteed 

That one month don't seem like much when people of our complexion would do anything just to have fifteen minutes of being famous

I know why the little black girl cries

She is so tired of being denied by the colored who could pass for white

She can't help but cry because she knows they don't realized she had to be raped battered and abused so that they may have their complextion 

That little black girl cries for all the black people who are confused about the history she had to go through

I know that the little black girl cries because she has nothing better to do since pain is the only emotion she can feel

The little black girls tears are a mark of defeat

Now if you ever wondered this is why the little black girl cries