Boxes

[00:07.22] I'm a girl child
[00:10.88] I'm a girl child
[00:14.28] I'm a Black girl child
[00:17.70] I'm a girl child
[00:21.10] I'm a girl child
[00:24.86] I'm a girl child
[00:28.43] I'm a Black girl child
[00:31.96] I'm a girl child
[00:35.92] This is not a song to tell you not to put me in a box
[00:39.45] This is not a song to say I can do what I can clearly not
[00:43.05] I am me
[00:44.78] And you are you
[00:46.27] It's that simple!
[00:50.16] Seated in the world
[00:51.87] Hoping to exist
[00:53.46] Remind you that I'm me
[00:55.12] Not the words of your ideal
[00:57.21] When I wake tomorrow
[00:58.95] Ready for new battles
[01:00.54] Remind you I exist
[01:02.38] Show you what you missed
[01:05.96] Let nothing defile what's within
[01:09.69] (Black girl child)
[01:11.02] Drop your boxes
[01:13.08] And maybe you will see
[01:14.53] We're all worth it
[01:16.88] Call me by my name
[01:18.25] You can afford it
[01:20.33] I fully exist outside these boxes
[01:23.67] Your boxes
[01:25.67] Boxes
[01:27.35] I know it makes it easier
[01:28.76] But we've lost it
[01:30.76] I'm me and you are you
[01:32.15] And that is just it
[01:34.66] They don't seem to do us both justice
[01:37.82] These boxes
[01:39.99] Hold your head up high (high)
[01:41.73] No limits in the sky (sky)
[01:43.45] Live outside the lie (lie)
[01:45.24] Reject the rules and fly (fly)
[01:47.08] When you wake tomorrow ('morrow)
[01:48.83] Ready for the battle (battle)
[01:50.52] Remind them why you're here (here)
[01:52.44] Explain why they should care
[01:55.80] Let nothing defile what's within
[02:00.98] Drop your boxes
[02:02.77] And maybe you will see
[02:04.32] We're all worth it
[02:06.53] Call me by my name
[02:07.62] You can afford it
[02:10.01] I fully exist outside these boxes
[02:13.50] Your boxes
[02:15.41] Boxes
[02:17.03] I know it makes it easier
[02:18.57] But we've lost it
[02:20.65] I'm me and you are you
[02:22.02] And that is just it
[02:24.32] They don't seem to do us both justice
[02:27.58] These boxes
[02:29.30] Drop your boxes
[02:31.30] And maybe you will see
[02:32.63] We're all worth it
[02:34.96] Call me by my name
[02:36.16] You can afford it
[02:38.59] I fully exist outside these boxes
[02:41.82] Your boxes
[02:43.98] Boxes
[02:45.48] I know it makes it easier
[02:46.86] But we've lost it
[02:49.23] I'm me and you are you
[02:50.33] And that is just it
[02:52.74] They don't seem to do us both justice
[02:56.17] These boxes
[02:58.15] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:08.89] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:11.88] [I'm a girl child]
[03:13.13] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:15.96] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:18.90] [I'm a Black girl child]
[03:20.67] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:22.08] (Black girl)
[03:23.01] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:25.77] (Black girl)
[03:26.40] [I'm a girl child]
[03:27.85] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:29.24] (Black girl)
[03:30.15] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:32.97] (Black girl)
[03:33.47] [I'm a Black girl child]
[03:35.54] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:36.47] (Black girl)
[03:37.27] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:39.98] (Black girl)
[03:40.83] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:43.43] (Black girl)
[03:44.38] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:47.06] (Black girl)
[03:47.82] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:50.57] (Black girl)
[03:51.52] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:54.06] (Black girl)
[03:55.00] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[03:56.67] (Black girl)
[03:57.73] Let no one defile what's within
[03:58.66] Black girl black girl you're worth it
[04:01.26] (Black girl)
[04:02.11] Let no one defile what's within what's within
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