Black Woman in the Driver’s Seat

Lyrics

Black woman in the driver's seat Black woman in the driver's seat Black woman grips the steering wheel Feeling nerves of steel From her head to her feet Black woman in the driver's seat Black woman in the driver's seat Black woman makes a sharp U-Turn Tire track marks burn As she tears down the street Her hair isn't gold She ain't gone with the wind And she might not be slim And she's brown or dark-skinned And she's been through some things That she'd like to erase Let the past be the past So her future she can face Black woman in the driver's seat Black woman in the driver's seat Black woman lets her wanderlust Leave you in her dust As she turns up the heat Black woman who's nobody's wife Black woman who picked up her knife Black woman who took out some folks But with few keystrokes Can bring 'em back to... Life To life To life To life To life To life To life To life To life To life To life To life Black writer in the writer's seat White writer in the writer's seat Both bringing mastery of their craft To the latest draft 'Till the story's complete Black writer sits down to write White writer sits down to write Both writers with a few keystrokes Choose to let their folks Step into the light This time it won't start with our backs being whipped And it won't end with the hashtag "I'm flipping the script" 'Cause there is always a choice to create or destroy A choice to center black pain Or to center black joy Rage Desires Triumphs Protests Killers Freedom Allblackness Genius Hate Fears Courage Mystery To center black joy Freedom Allblackness Complexity Mistakes Age Time Wisdom Freedom Allblackness Cynicism Optimism Indifference [?] Freedom To center black joy Strength Allblackness Beauty Truth Music Friendship Power Freedom Allblackness Our dark, our light, our good, our bad To center black- Stories Stories Stories Stories Stories Stories No [?]