I started looking in the mirror, faced my own demons
Had every right to be mad, I had my own reasons
But to take it out on family was a bad feelin'
I just wanna pay back my mob with what I was gifted
I just wanna be a good mummy, build my babies a home
Put a crown on my mama and I'll build her a throne
Nah you can't talk about my past cause them days dead and gone
And if you go and bring it up you must have hate in your soul
And that's real
I just wanna bring it back for me a minute
And thank my sister and my mama for my children
Cause I was trapped in addiction and in prison
But they gave me the tools so I could live a little different
Thank my matriarchy! And thank my babies for me!
I must be a good woman if I birthed them seeds
And to be a better a woman I must follow my dreams
And give back to everybody who done gave to me
It's a full circle, what goes around comes around
Yeah I was lost at the start but my soul got found
And I just wanna be here and make my whole family proud
Do everything in my power to make them all smile now
We're black and strong and powerful
Melanin shine beautiful
Resilient we made it this far
We done made it through the dark
You're looking at the real monarch
La! Yeah, I'm believing it,
And I'ma do better, good karma yes I'm receiving it
Made it all real cause I was sick and tired of dreaming it
And this life here is a gift, I'm gonna keep on succeeding it
I had to get it out the mud and make it better
Grab my babies by the hands and we gon do this together
Got these tears my eyes while I write 'em love letters
And I'm know I'm not perfect but I'm never gonna give up
I got to plant them seeds and tell the truth how it is
I got to stand up strong and be a mum to my kids
I got to come back strong and go and face them fears
Cause I was sick of tired of hating on myself all them years
I am powerful, and I don't even know the half of it
But I'm whole within my being and I am no longer masking it
Every time I fall now I look up at the stars
Cause dreams are for real, I'll never lose that spark
We're black and strong and powerful
Melanin shine beautiful
Resilient we made it this far
We done made it through the dark
You're looking at the real monarch
You're looking at the real monarch