Love yourself, black ebony child.
Let your coarse hair grow roses,
Untamed and wild.
Let the sun worship your skin,
Your holy melanin.
And let the night tell its stars about your celestial complexion.
Oil pumps through your veins,
Theres coal buried in your chest.
My Nubian beauty,
You're a fire to beset.
They will see your heavenly mountains,
Your black crystalline rivers,
They will see your bounteous fruits,
And seek to make them wither,
They will take you and slave you.
But don't enslave yourself.
Love your black ebony child,
Keep those roses in your afro,
Keep your curls untamed and wild,
Let them worship your skin,
Your holy melanin.
Go and make the night sky,
you're so full of stars.
Woza black child,
Show them the fire in your heart.
Only we will climb those mountains,
And only we will become one with crystalline rivers,
Only we will taste of our abundant fruits,
And only we will never quiver.
Rise up black ebony children,
Show them how self-love frees you from yourselves.
And the bondage of the world.
Love, black ebony children
And show us how to love ourselves.
