Boxes

I'm a girl child I'm a girl child I'm a Black girl child I'm a girl child I'm a girl child I'm a girl child I'm a Black girl child I'm a girl child This is not a song to tell you not to put me in a box This is not a song to say I can do what I can clearly not I am me And you are you It's that simple! Seated in the world Hoping to exist Remind you that I'm me Not the words of your ideal When I wake tomorrow Ready for new battles Remind you I exist Show you what you missed Let nothing defile what's within (Black girl child) Drop your boxes And maybe you will see We're all worth it Call me by my name You can afford it I fully exist outside these boxes Your boxes Boxes I know it makes it easier But we've lost it I'm me and you are you And that is just it They don't seem to do us both justice These boxes Hold your head up high (high) No limits in the sky (sky) Live outside the lie (lie) Reject the rules and fly (fly) When you wake tomorrow ('morrow) Ready for the battle (battle) Remind them why you're here (here) Explain why they should care Let nothing defile what's within Drop your boxes And maybe you will see We're all worth it Call me by my name You can afford it I fully exist outside these boxes Your boxes Boxes I know it makes it easier But we've lost it I'm me and you are you And that is just it They don't seem to do us both justice These boxes Drop your boxes And maybe you will see We're all worth it Call me by my name You can afford it I fully exist outside these boxes Your boxes Boxes I know it makes it easier But we've lost it I'm me and you are you And that is just it They don't seem to do us both justice These boxes Black girl black girl you're worth it Black girl black girl you're worth it [I'm a girl child] Black girl black girl you're worth it Black girl black girl you're worth it [I'm a Black girl child] Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) [I'm a girl child] Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) [I'm a Black girl child] Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Let no one defile what's within Black girl black girl you're worth it (Black girl) Let no one defile what's within what's within