5 0 4 Black girl carry me In her womb to the land of the peach Her birth and pains brought me low But she held me high on Peachtree Road Got my mother's eyes and my father's nose Also got my brother's hand-me-down clothes We had no dream but the love was strong It was all we need to get us along It was all we need to get us along Left ATL for the Texas way We drove 20 east in my daddy's car I learned in school I didn't measure up I felt short of what true blackness was Mama taught to ride this way I sat down that padlocked dinner street Paid for love on a crescent moon In that Oklahoma motel room Carrie taught me course to storm They got me through when I felt numb 5 0 4 Black girl 5 0 4 Black girl carry me 5 0 4 Black girl 5 0 4 Black girl carry me 5 0 4 Black girl carry me 5 0 4 Black girl carry me