Black Woman 
Black Woman 
Light me up 
Troubled long 
You trod one of life's roughest roads 
You got the heaviest load 

To be someone 
To belong 
Too near mile and a half furlong 
Don't give up now 
Just pray for strength now 
For you I dedicate my song 

We had forsaked once(?) 
In the plantation 
Lashes to our skin 
On auction blocks we were chained and sold 
Handled merchandise 
Highly abused and used for refuse (?) 
And thrown in garbage bins 
Free us, stand on back now 
And help me to sing my song 

When you're fighting stand up for the right thing 
And not that which is wrong 
I heard Rachel mourning for her children 
When Herod and Pharaoh took their little heads 
But just like Mary and Joseph 
Mother of Moses too 
Overcame its evil devices 
I dedicate my song for you 

Black woman 
Black woman 
I know you've struggled long 
I feel your afflictions 
To you I dedicate my song