Young black girl, you're a flower

Just needed room for you to bloom

Color of your skin is your power

Represents all you've been through

Young black little girl

Sitting all alone in a pool full of dreams

Living in your own world, hang on, everything ain't what it seems

Young black little girl

Mama gon', big sister making sure that we eat

Hoping for better days, knowing you gon' break free

You gotta follow your heart, girl, 'cause the clouds don't cover up the sun too long

They tried to pull you apart, girl, make you feel like you did something wrong, hold on

Young black girl, you're a flower

Just needed room for you to bloom

Color of your skin is your power

Represents all you've been through

'Cause once you see it, girl, nothing gon' stop you, whatever you want, you gon' do

Whatever you want, you gon' do

Teenage girl filled with rage 'cause her mama couldn't raise her daughters

Had her outside looking for love because her daddy couldn't be a father

She ain't never had nobody tell her how to treat her body

Granny told her she ungodly, but it's okay, you still found a way

You gotta follow your heart, girl, 'cause the clouds don't cover up the sun too long

They tried to pull you apart, girl, make you feel like you did something wrong, hold on

Young black girl, you're a flower

Just needed room for you to bloom

Color of your skin is your power

Represents all you've been through

'Cause once you see it, girl, nothing gon' stop you whatever you want, you gon' do

Whatever you want, you gon' do

You gon' do