Black woman cry, black woman cry
Sitting at home, many children to mine alone
No one to give them food
No one to lend a loan
No husband around to help at home
Black woman cry, Black woman cry
First girl sixteen, want to become a beauty queen
No one around to help with a loan
Some times feel like giving up hope
Because life is not a joke
Black woman cry, Black woman cry
Conceiving bring pain
Looking for a husband help is like looking out in vain
So it will never make sense to conceive again
No one around to support me and my children an’ them
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Charles Langley is a writer of poetry and dub poems; artist and song writer. He is also a part of Expressions: Poetry in the Pub, an August rush project. Langley is, at the moment, working on Love and gospel.
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