Black power in the Mississippi Delta Black power when Mary sing "Shelter" Pulling up in the streets of Kampala There's a calling for the sons and the daughters Black power on the surface of the moon Black power in Jesus too Breaking bread, collard greens with my suya Feet stomping, praise the Lord, hallelujah I come from the beginning of sound and time We don't have the same gods, my people could fly It's just that ancestral coolness, pulling up in cool whips Living like there ain't no time You can't see my powеr Devils in a stupor trying to get the scoop on how thе Black soul survive You can't see my power Well, from Dakar to the Carolinas Can't you see that the spirit guides us? You can't see my power I got two million souls around me Take a bow, put the crown on me Black is that little space we find in the dark each night Without a light, in the bend of dark arms Safe from trauma, grief, and strife Black is the color of real jungle fever in Belize Tanzania, or Papua New Guinea Sweaty Black bodies swinging wildly uninhibited, unashamed, unabashedly free Black is the color of the Atlantic floor The complexion of the sky god directly north It is the sunset, horizon disappearing into Ontario lake Black is block parties speakers blasting Black bass beats over knotted, nappy heads Carnival drums swirling Black rhythms around hips And barefoot soles stained deep in shades of red Black is the color, Black is the color of love