I love you the way I love my blackness
From the top of your head to the soles
of your feet
I love you the way I love my blackness
I love your hair and the way it flows, like the
Nile supreme, flowing in its greatness too far off
places, bold, beautiful, and complete
I love your face as it reflects all things
beautiful, like our history, our people
strong and proudly proclaimed
I love you the way I love my blackness,
shoulders strong, holding up our ancestors
for those to come
I love you the way I love my blackness, nursing
our children into champions, to face the world,
to proclaim that they too love their blackness