Black Boy

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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"

[Verse 3]

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

[Chorus]

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"

[Bridge]

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

[Outro]

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