Stop Crying Black Girl
(Written and Performed for Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet in Idaho Falls in 2019) Stop crying black girl don't let those tears run anymore down your face stop cry black girl stop crying and black boy they've already run the race what are you afraid of look at this place do you not trust me. Fine let us drink from the same water fountain has that quenched your thirst? let us read from the same book let us split the verse let us sit up at this counter and share a meal, there how does that make you feel? stop crying black girl that shooting was so far away it will never make it to a place like this. stop crying black girl put down your fist you are no black panther, no civil right movement starter you missed that bus. But in case you are wondering, we would have let you sit up front with us. Stop crying black girl, is that a ring i see, we let you marry that white boy what else ...