See she's telepathic Call it black girl magic Yeah she scares the gov'ment Deja Vu of Tubman
We go missing by the hundreds Ain't nobody checkin for us Ain't nobody checkin for us
The camera loves us Oscar doesn't Ain't nobody checkin for us Ain't nobody checkin for us
They want us in kitchen Kill our sons with lynchings We get loud about it Oh now we're the bitches
Look at what they did to my sisters Last century last week They put her body in a jar and forget her They love how it repeats
Look at what they did to my sisters Last century last week They make her hate her own skin Treat her like a sin
But what they don't understand (But what they don't understand) But what they don't understand (But what they don't understand) See what they don't understand
See she's telepathic Call it black girl magic Yeah she scares the gov'ment Deja Vu of Tubman
And she she she she she Don't give up Yea yea yea yea yea She don't give up She don't don't don't don't don't give up No no no no no She don't give up
Rosa was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight Ella was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight Audre was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight Angela was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight Sojourner was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight Assata was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight
Rosa was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight Ella was a freedom fighter And she taught us how to fight
See she's telepathic Call it black girl magic Yeah she scares the gov'ment Deja Vu of Tubman
But what they don't understand But what they don't understand But what they don't understand See what they don't understand