XXX'S And OOO'S

What an American Girl is

What an American Girl?

Used to be hair tied up

Wearing ribbons and pearls

Look how she move now

She's so sweet

She's so tough

She wear her hair down now

Or if she do wear it up

It's her natural curls

Wrapped in ribbons and bows

While she stay signing letters

With X's and O's

And it's X's and O's

Forever and ever now

Ribbons and bows and stay getting better now

She a picture, she a mama

In all black and pearls

Took her daddy's world and made it wild

For Black American girls

I said she's a daddy's girl

In a daddy's world

That's how she got strong

Raised me in a house she paid for

Put our life in a song

And it's X's and O's

Forever and ever now

Ribbons and bows and stay getting better now

Then the phone stayed ringing

The TV stayed lying

Y'all know I was that baby crying

Now the phone even worse

In your purse

Burn your eyes

Every screen, a diet guru now

Telling every kind of lie

But watch her hustle, watch her fight

Watch her write, for her life

She put on makeup

That's her armor

To get through the day alive

Now she pay someone to fix the sink

She pay someone to mow the yard

Her life look real good now

Working so hard

We done with slow dances

Love thy self, that's romances

With Aretha, God, and Patsy Matraca and good wine

Take every chance and then some

Kick down doors

Waste no time

She raised a real one

Mama's girl

To run a brand new world

Raised me to wear my hair down

Raised me to love my curls

Taught me to sign my letters

Taught me to wear my pearls

And it is X's and O's

Forever and ever now

And ribbons and bows and stay getting better now

I said it is X's and O's

Forever and ever now

Ribbons and bows and still getting better now

For American girls

For American girls

For American girls