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Stephgirl
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Posted on Sunday, March 19, 2006 - 05:08 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

can remember the time, I can see it, the love we shared
Pickin' up that cotton together, chained together, bound in true holiness together,

On our hands and knees we were on the ground praying to GOD together

Even looking in your eyes while we were hung together

It was strong

It was based off the struggles we've dealt with

It was based off the honor we gave

It was true, it was real, it was down to earth, and it was deep

Couldn't any man break that bond- It was tight and it was right



What ever happened to Black Love?

What is Black Love?

When I stand by your side, when the world is trying to destroy you undercover

I am your best friend and I am your lover



When I give birth to your children, so that they may represent who you stand for as Black Man and who I stand for as a Black Woman, and have meaning on this earth

So I may know you are down for me, and that I am down for you all the way

My Black beauty is what you are attracted to and love

You are my Black King and I am your Black Queen,

So let's go raise our Black prince and princess into the same,

Baby we ain't got no shame in this Black love game



What ever happened to Black Love?

It's like, nonexistent sometimes, it's like scarce, it's like, he just my baby daddy or, she just my baby mama,

Its like, you embarrassed to tell your boys you in love with this Black woman, you'd rather say, she just my friend, nothing more.

You telling everybody, even your own mind that you don't want nothing more from that Black woman

But ain't that kind of strange, when all she will do is love you and use her own strength to pick you up, when she see you slippin'

She will stand by your side till death,

And you don't want that?

Black man why you embarrassed to be in Love???????

Why? You think being a real man doesn't involve being in love or showing your love?

So that you see my Black face, and have misconceptions mixed in with your made up annotations that Black women are this or that, mama dramas, and round about attitudes



What ever happened to Black Love?

When the respect that is lost and thrown out the window for this Black woman or Black man

When the prejudging of a Black Man is not only being degraded by the White Man, but also by his own Black sister too

And the Black Man is saying: Black Woman don't hate on me, when I already got the white man and sometimes the other black men hating on me too

And Black Women, he's absolutely right....



Love sees no color; I would have to agree with that

But it's not stupid either, and knows color exist, Love feels it

And when love is hating its own and treating it as though something else is better,

Cause you'd rather be with Heather

Or maybe Ms. Ramirez, cause you think that's the fairest



No, Brotha', there's a problem, solve it!

Cause I see you looking at Shaniqua with doubt

Black Man, what's that all about ?



Isn't your mother Black, isn't your sister Black, isn't your very daughter and son Black?

Are you dating her because she has long straight blonde hair, or easy? Or are you dating her because you really could love her?

Are you not dating her over there, because you think she got an attitude and hair is too short or kinked up, and hips are too big, and the skin is too dark? Or are you not dating her because you honestly don't match character-wise.

There are plenty of beautiful Black woman with many shades and shapes



I love my Blackness, I love these big hips and round ass, and I love the thickness of my hair, And all of the styles that I can work out

Because nobody else got all these beautiful characteristics, not like me. Don't you see?

GOD pictured us, and then made us and said, "Black women, I'm going to make you beautiful, Black and unique.

Cause brotha', why you tryin' to play me, when she over there tryin' to be just like me.



My Brotha's…. What ever happened to Black Love?

Your own brother you talkin' about like a dog to the world, and you won't even help him

And the White Man is sitting back loving it all



But when the white man does the same, it racism

Y'all better cut out all that haterism



What is that really going to accomplish, for real?

Y'all better start making this a big deal



Cause just remember he will help his own kind before he helps you, if anything he probably gonna use you for all your hard work, don't get it confused… OK?

Cause ain't that what he did to you back in the day?

Understand that, remember that, just go ahead and place it in your mind in case you ever forget



My sisters…. What ever happened to Black Love?

Have we forgot how to respect ourselves?

Cause you know if YOU don't, he sure the hell won't

Now, I'm gonna say this once and maybe once more, because even sometimes I forget and I don' wrote it:



"Having a man in my life will only influence my happiness, not decide my happiness.

My happiness will be chosen by myself and will depend upon my attitude about who I am as a Black woman and life in general."



Don't just totally rely on a man to get you where and what you want

Set goals, set dreams, and be the strong Black, unique, woman that GOD made you to be

And if a man does come around to welcome you something, that's fine

Just remember you can get yours even if he didn't come around



And lets help one another out and build each other up instead of down

We have to keep this world together Black ladies

Act like you love yourself and your children,

Men will respect that

And make them men wait before you just go around given' it up

Treat your stuff like its diamonds and gold

Make them pay some kind of price before you give it up

And NO….. that price is not all about money, or what they could buy you

Although don't get me wrong that is nice, But in reality, you can do that your damn self

Unless you don't really care… Maybe you just need to get you some

But use condoms and don't be dumb

Unless you want a baby or a disease

And if you are in a relationship, hey… that's your call

But reach into your mind for a moment before you let them panties fall



And reap the consequences that's all I'm saying

And think about that, while you on that bed or floor laying



And yes we've all had to learn the hard way about feelings getting hurt

I know I have, but now I know I'm on alert

Black women, you have to start using your mind,


Cause If you don't, then guess who they going around calling a HO?

And you looking like you didn't even know

So…

If you like that title, then go ahead and do the damn thing Fo' show!



What ever happened to Black love?

Why are you putting him down as a Black man all the time?

Yes he has flaws, but so do you

Even though Black Men do get on my nerves sometimes too

I can feel you on that and I can relate

But I love my Black Men, I must admit, and I want him as my mate

And I'd rather be with a Black Man any day, and have his children

Because in my book, that's just the way to do it



Black men have had struggles like no other man, and he has conquered endeavors in front of the entire world

They be frontin' on him, but they wanna be just like that Black Man

That Black Man is strong in body and in mind

They don't know his strength, and NO, they can't have his strength



Why are you dwelling on his jail times, and bail times

And if he doesn't change, then you know what you gotta do

But let me just remind you, there's more Black men who got it together than you think

Don't let the news confuse you



But he's trying to do something with his life and needs your support as a Black Woman

These black men have come a long way

And they are here to stay

And they are reaching limitless boundaries and I am loving it...OK!



Stand by his side, and take care of that Black King

So you can teach your little prince to be just like that Black King

So that we may raise our little Black prince and princess up, so that they know who they are as a Black woman and Black man

And not become confused, thinking that whiteness is better than Blackness

So they may represent and present what Black love is



Don't get me wrong, we should love all races

But not love all other races and hate our own Blackness.


What ever happened to Black love?

Black love is a beautiful thing

Being Black is a beautiful thing

We need Black people to represent the Black love, because if we don't, who will?

The man who is white? Yea, right....



Black love is needed in order to built the self-esteem of Black people and to keep the generation going and going and going

Its lacking sometimes, it's shedding a little

Who told your mind that white skin is better than Black ?

Who told your mind that course hair is bad, and straight hair is better?

Who told your mind this nose is unattractive and that narrow straight nose is better?

Who told your mind these big lips are unpleasant and those thin lips are better?


The person who has that white skin told you that!

That person who has that straight hair told you that!

That person who has that narrow straight nose told you that!

That person with those thin lips told you that!

GOD never told you that!!



And you believed them like a fool, because it was more of them than you!

And why did you listen???? Ok, so now they GOD right? NO!



They told you that, because that's what they have and they like who they are

But you actin' like you don't even like who you are,

GOD created me and told me and showed me that I am beautiful

And I don't know what you talkin' bout

But I love my Blackness, It is beautiful, And you can't have it, And you ain't got it, And you ain't never gonna take it,

And NO, I ain't going to exchange my Blackness



What ever happened to Black Love?

When I see more white people in love than I see Black people - That's what it seems

And for the Black people who are in love, I raise my fist in the air for you



When I see you disrespecting that Black Queen, and then you walking down the isle with that white one

When I see you neglecting that Black daughter of yours, but raising that new mixed daughter of yours, But ain't she Black too?

Who told your mind that the light is better than the dark?

Who told your heart that the loving was easier?

Who told your soul that you would rather be in a committed relationship with her rather than me?

Why are you letting your ears listen to those white words, when he doesn't even like who you really are. And sees you as negatively different?

And even wants to see you be more like him, because he thinks he is better, and wonders why GOD even made you in the first place



What the HELL ever happened to Black Love?

Because you don't even like who you are,

So now you trying to change me, rearrange me, and than exchange me



My sisters and brothers, What ever happened to Black love?

Let's make it grow some more, lets make it come back with force

Let's keep it intact, so there won't even be a question as to: What Ever Happened to Black Love

And I am not hatin' on nobody, because our mixed Black Sista's and Brotha's wouldn't even be here

And no, I am not against interracial dating or marriages as a whole


But I'm just trying to find out, "What Ever Happened to Black Love?"

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