When you ask me who I am I tell you
I am Harriet Tubman traveling the Underground Railroad searching for freedom I am Sojourner Truth watching my children being sold off into slavery Fighting for women equal rights and I look at you and I look at them and I say "Ain't I A Woman"I'm Septima Poinsette Clark the “Grandmother of the American Civil Rights Movement,†I'm an educator and a activist. Im part of the reason you can vote todayI'm Rosa Parks refusing to give up my seat on the bus fighting to be treated as an equalI am Martin Luther King JrI am Malcom XI am Thurgood MarshallI am Fredrick DouglasWhen you ask me who I am I tell you I am The epitome of Strength, I am generations of slavesWho shed blood sweat and tears so that I may be here todayI am a representation of how strong black women are I am the mother, the father, the doctor, the teacher, the fighter, the providerWhen you ask me who I am I tell you I am a child of God, The Almighty ,The alpha and the Omega, The creator, The decision maker I am walking with Jesus across the desert sand For he gave his life so that I could live today, me a mere mortal I wasn't worthy but he did it He forgives me over and over again for my sins even when I don't feel worthy. He never judges He never complains GLORY!!!!!!!When you ask me who I am I tell you I am Free to be who I choose to beI am a mother of fiveYes FIVETriplets plus twoWhat would you doI am strong when I am weakI am kind I am lovingI am sassyI am trueI am realI am confident even when I don't feel my bestI am original unlike the restI righteous and educatedI am the woman you anticipatedSo when you ask me who I am I ask you how much time you haveI am so many things rolled into one My roots run deep My ancestors blood flows through meMy soul is searchingMy mind if freeIt would take you a lifetime to understand meNowWHO ARE YOU