The Things I've Seen

I've got this darkness in my soul Don't see no light when I'm wide awake I'm sick of workin' for no ends You the see the greed made me feel hate And there's no turnin' back, no Keep runnin' from my past Will the feeling always last I don't think you know me, know me, no You don't know my life, my heart, my soul, no If you've seen the things I've seen If you've seen the things I've seen See the things I've seen Black women hurt, black women curse Black brothers doin' black women dirt Black women cryin', black women murk We can never put a black woman first Black lives matter, black lives scatter Black eyes under black eye shadow Black blood made a black life splatter Black sister had a black life shadow Black single mother, black favorite color Black brother made a black woman suffer Black women down, black women under We contribute to the black women struggle Black women brave, black women save Black women lost, black women fade Black man with a black woman Made black paint, made a black woman change Black women cryin', black women tired Tears runnin' down a black woman's eye Black women run, black women hide Black violence made a black woman die Black woman passed, black mama sad Black pride on a black woman had Black rage for the black women, mad Black man callin' black women trash Black women hurt, let you back in Black women keep protectin' black men Black men don't protect the black queen Black women always get the back seat Black women preach, black women teach Black soil for the black women seeds Black pain's all a black woman sees Black love's all a black woman needs Woah-oh, you don't know the tears I've cried If you've seen the things I've seen (Oh, seen the things) If you've seen the things I've seen Woah-oh, I'm standin' 'til the end, woah If you've seen the things I've seen If you've seen the things I've see Black resurrected, black manifested Black women vision, black innovation Black women faith, black women blessings Black man keep the black queen protected Black women safe, black women save Black business is a black women paid Black don't crack, black don't age Black women proud, black women praised Black women smilin', black women shinin' Black women got it, black women write it Black wealth, no more back to the bottom Black kings get a black woman diamonds Black women body, black women climbin' Black women body, black women poppin' Black men keep the black woman honored Black roses painted back and they got 'em Black loyalty, black royalty Black novelty, black odyssey Black women in a black colony Black women feelin' black harmony Black for the people, black women peaceful Black man treatin' black women equal Backbone what a black women teach you Black strength when a black woman feed you Black pride, that's what's happenin' now Black men holdin' black women down Black women gettin' cash and I'm proud Black angels and they trapped in the clouds Black women preach, black women teach Black soil for the black women seeds Black pain's all a black woman sees Black love's all a black woman needs Woah-oh, you don't know the tears I've cried If you've seen the things I've seen (Oh, seen the things) If you've seen the things I've seen Woah-oh, I'm standin' 'til the end, woah If you've seen the things I've seen If you've seen the things I've seen (Things I've seen My God, I lost a lot of love Can see the pain in my momma's face A daughter hangin' from this earth She got them scars she don't deserve And there's no turnin' back Keep runnin' from my past Well, the fear, it always lasts, mmm Seen the things I've seen If you've seen the things I've seen (Oh, seen the things) If you've seen the things I've seen Woah-oh, I'm standin' 'til the end, woah If you've seen the things I've seen If you've seen the things I've seen Ooh-ooh, woah Ooh-ooh, woah Ooh-ooh, woah Ooh-ooh (Things I've seen, things I've seen)