Black Boy

I imagine myself running my fingers through your hair
You'll lay your head on my chest and lay your heart bare
You tell me where it hurts, baby, don't, don't hold it
Baby, your tears are manly
Baby, your tears are manly

I imagine myself looking so deep into your eyes
The midnight oil of melanin, no longer despised
I'll tell you you're enough, the way you are, you're enough
And, baby, your pain is human
Baby, your pain is human

And if I ever, ever get to love a black boy
I'll forever, ever give him love, give him love
If I'm ever, ever blessed to love a black boy
I'll forever tell him, "You're enough, you're enough"

As my fingers trace the narrative written in your scars
The journey that you carried alone is now ours
I sing over your pain when it hurts so deep
Baby, you are my glory
Baby, you are my glory

And if I ever, ever get to love a black boy
I'll forever, ever give him love, give him love
And if I'm ever, ever blessed to love a black boy
Oh, I'll forever tell him, "You're enough, you're enough"

Hey, and I need you to know black boy (I see your weakness, I see your strength)
Said I need you to know (I see your wrestle, I see your faith)
Oh, I need you to know (I'll be your shoulder, your warm embrace)
(In the rise and in the fall) oh, ooh-yeah
(I see your weakness, I see your strength) I see you
(I see your wrestle, I see your faith) I need you to know that I see you
(I'll be your shoulder, your warm embrace) ooh
And in the rise, in the fall

Ooh, ooh-ooh, black boy, I see you