Lucky I didn't overturn.
This path has been potholed
I just made it with no broken bones
My being has turned to stone
Putting my body and soul at war.
I have been walking this road
It's been winding

I have run this mile over and over
I have yet to make it to the podium
I keep trying, never giving up
The war inside me gets nastier
I just want out, don't know how.

I wake up every morning, hopeful
Wash up without fail, the clean start to a new day
The mirror shows me blacker and darker
And so day in day out, my life darkens
That light I desperately need, so hard to see
Because everyone loves to blow it out.

It's this blazing heat inside my head
It bothers me all the time
Could it be the star, I wonder
I keep holding back, I dare not open that black box
For momma told me black is evil
So goes the fallacy, keeping me four hundred years down.

I want to be free, oh Lord I crave some freedom
Yes, for my freedom I am ready to fight
I dream of bloodless battlegrounds
Of black angels in white garb
Blessing this never ending river
Of love so flawless.

I know oh great Lord
I know you will help me break
These chains that imprison me
In self destruction and belief
That my failure lies within the dark of my skin
Let the beauty of your creation shine over
Let me feel the strength of my blackness
And break out of this domination.