Summertime (feat. Barbara Douglas, Samara Joy & Ayanna Fowler)

We must have the talk The talk before you walk into places that I cannot save you from Your day is soon to come and the world will erupt As you elegantly emerge from that cocoon They will swoon asking you to make room For a seat at a table that you've built yourself Queen, please remember you are the vertebrae of the universe You are calmer than the sea You are soft like the wind You are lightning and thunder You are warmer than the sun Daughter please adjust your own crown As you walk into places that I cannot save you from (Instrumental) Summertime, and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your ma, she's good lookin' So hush, little baby, don't you cry I now see what my mother feared This place called home making sense of her tears Mother, you were right And I now know that my hair is thick and warm like wool That my skin is brown and loud like the sounds of silence That my presence is strong yet soft like soil I am the Queen of resiliency Hate drips off my back like water on oil Mother don't you fear They need us One of these mornings, you're gonna rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky But 'til that morning, there ain't nothin' can harm you With mommy and daddy standin' by We must have the talk Summertime, and the livin' is easy Your day is soon to come Fish are jumpin' You are lightning and thunder And the cotton is high Your skin is brown and loud Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma, she's good lookin' You are the Queen of resiliency So hush, little baby, baby don't you cry Don't you fear They need us Cry (Don't you cry)