Corrine Jasmin - essence

Black girl runnin
Black girl runnin
Black girl runnin
Black girl runnin on the concrete
Black girl runnin on the concrete
Black girl runnin on the concrete
Black girl runnin on the concrete
Black girl runnin on the concrete
When she gets home, family asleep
Grab a little somethin to eat
Caesar's Pizza, keep it cheap
TV on, glow fill the room
With cinema she not alone
Tear streaks, welcome home, welcome home, welcome home
Oh, it's all right
Don't need them either
Under pillow is the heater
Case the monsters try to eat her
Case the monsters try to eat her
Case the monsters try to eat her
Not raised on mommy's touch
Not raised on her advice
Raised on mommy's chicken with a plate of rice
Concrete love, shit wasn't nice
Turned out all right
Eldest daughter, sensitive, observing it
That's how she lived
Used to fight the neighbors
All the kids scrapped
Softies acting tough, acting up
It was all love
Click on the Walkman to float above
Survival mode, she needed love, consistency
Someone to hug
Someone to trust
Someone to trust
She had no role models
She had no mentors
Inner city child shipped up in the burbs
Roamin' like the service poor
Guide herself, head on floor
Forced to grow up
Fate looking grim
She, she looked to her friends like
Who's teaching them
Hmmm, yeah
Who's watching them
From the type of blocks folks don't travel for it
Dirty East not shiny 'nough, shiny 'nough for tourists
From the type of blocks folks don't travel for it
But in her hood
In her hood she found a forest
In her hood she found a forest
A forest
In her hood she found a forest
A forest

Written by:
Corrine Jasmin

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