FROM THE CONCEPTION OF MANKIND IN THE
GARDEN OF EDEN UNTIL THIS PRESENT HOUR,
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I’VE BEEN PUSHED ASIDE;
CONSTANTLY DENIED BUT A DREAM
INSIDE WOULD NOT ALLOW
ME TO HIDE…
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I WAS BATHING IN MY FATHER’S COURT AND I
SAW A CHILD IN A BASKET AND TOOK HIM AS MY
VERY OWN, I TRAINED HIM AND HE LED FORTH
A PEOPLE WHO WOULD ONE DAY BE A NATION.
MY CHILD ANSWERED TO THE VOICE OF JEHOVAH,
AND GOD CALLED HIM FROM ME TO SET
A PEOPLE FREE.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I AM NOT AN AFTER THOUGHT
OR A RESULT OF A CURSE,
I AM MORE THAN A STATISTIC.
I’VE BEEN PUSHED ASIDE
AND OFTEN DENIED
BUT THE HOPE INSIDE WOULD
NOT LET ME DIE,
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I LATER STOOD BESIDE MOSES AS HIS WIFE.
I CAME FROM A TRIBE OF MIDIANITES. I WAS THE
MOTHER OF HIS FIRST BORN. I STOOD BESIDE HIM
THROUGH THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS…
I WAS IN GOD’S PLAN.
I LATER CAME FROM A DISTANT LAND TO HEAR
OF THE WISDOM OF AN AWESOME MAN. I CAME
WITH SPICES AND JEWELS AND A CARAVAN.
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I WAS THE QUEEN OF MY NATION, THE RULER
OF MY PEOPLE.
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VITALLY A PART OF
GOD’S PLAN.
I WAS TRODDEN OVER,
PUSHED ASIDE,
BUT A PURPOSE INSIDE
WOULD NOT LET ME DIE.
I LATER BORE A SON WHO WOULD ONE DAY HELP
TO CARRY THE CROSS OF THE ANNOINTED ONE.
AS THE YEARS WENT ON I BECAME A SLAVE AND
BORE 13 CHILDREN THAT WOULD ONE DAY BE
TAKEN AWAY.
A DREAM INSIDE THAT GOD ACTUALLY WOULD
ABIDE IN ME, CAUSED ME TO PREACH.
MY LIFE THREATENED,
PUSHED ASIDE OFTEN DENIED,
BUT MY GOD INSIDE —
WOULD NOT LET ME DIE.
I LATER HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD TO LEAD AN
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THAT WOULD ONE
DAY BE THE PASSAGE WAY TO FREEDOM…
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I BORE ANOTHER SON WHO LED A REVOLUTION,
WHO HAD A DREAM OF EQUALITY THAT ALL
PEOPLE COULD BE FREE.
I HAVE BEEN THE BACKBONE TO THIS NATION
FROM THE CRIB TO THE WHITE HOUSE, I’VE EVEN
NURSED YOUR PRESIDENTS.
I’VE BORNE CHILDREN AND RETURNED TO THE
COTTON FIELDS IN THE SAME DAY. I HAVE HELPED
TO STABILIZE THE ECONOMY OF THIS NATION.
I REFUSED TO SIT ON THE BACK OF THE BUS AND
CAUSED A DEMAND FOR CHANGE. IT RESULTED IN
ME BEING ABLE TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT.
NO ONE WOULD GIVE ME PERMISSION TO BE
BEAUTIFUL, NO ONE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO BE
SMART, SO I GAVE MYSELF PERMISSION TO BE
ALL THAT GOD WANTED ME TO BE.
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF,
MY FATHER GOD HAS ALWAYS
BELIEVED IN ME.
WHEN GOD CREATED ME HE MADE SOMEONE,
AND HE PLACED HIMSELF INSIDE OF ME. HE
FOUGHT FOR MY RIGHT TO BE FREE.
HE HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED IN ME.
I WAS IN HIS PLAN.
I’VE HELPED TO FINANCE THE GOSPEL, SCRUBBED
FLOORS TO SEND MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL,
FOUNDED UNIVERSITIES, GONE INTO SPACE,
AND TAUGHT MY CHILDREN TO BE PROUD OF
THEIR RACE.
I’VE BEEN PUSHED ASIDE,
OFTEN DENIED
BUT MY CREATOR INSIDE
WOULD NOT LET ME HIDE…
I ECHO TO THE WORLD, I WANT IT NOISED ABROAD,
WHO AMI? …
I AM GOD’S BLACK WOMAN!!!
