I am
But you don’t really know
You don’t really know
Who I am
You don’t really know
You don’t really know
Who I am
You don’t really know
You don’t really know
Who I am
You don’t really know

I am the water that turned to wine
But when you take a sip, I give you a sober mind
I am awakening to my inner sunshine
I am enlightened and I am spiritually aligned
I am all the answers on the test that I was given
Four times before, so I am forgiven
I am accepting myself without conditions
I am what I am, I don’t need your permission
Why you gotta silence me if I am just a man?
My Black is loud, but I am more than my melanin
Kevin Samuels said rate myself 1-10
I am a high five, I am the upper hand
Reaching down for you to bring you up to take a stand
I am blessed for saying nothing when I know that I can
I am Simba, healing from every Scar
Like Rose Royce, I am Wishing on a Star

I am
But you don’t really know
You don’t really know
Who I am
You don’t really know
You don’t really know
Who I am
You don’t really know
You don’t really know
Who I am
You don’t really know

With each breath I am stronger, I am a scholar
I am grateful for my momma and I am honored
To be her son
I am destined to be what I become
I am the rifleman when love is the gun
Out of a million zeroes, I am the one
In front of them
Of all the negative stereotypes, I am none of them
I am nursing my health ‘cause I am patient
With myself, I heard communication
Is key, really it’s comprehension, but ya know, yea
I am the locksmith, yea, I am accomplished
Yea, I am a mirror that’s spotless ‘cause I am honest
Yea, and I don’t need to worry if God got us/goddess
Like Oshun and Maat, I am the freedom
Pain is a slave master that I am free from
I am the longest love poem you felt
I am reminding you to be yourself


I’m reminding you to be yourself
If you can
Long as you don’t hurt nobody else
Yes, I am

Affirmations say what you are
So, you don’t have say what you’re not