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Originally posted by Ideal08
I am diggin' Fertile Ground's newest CD, Black Is.

ETA: I don't normally do this, but I have to share with y'all the lyrics to the title track. I love this song. If I still worked at the school, I'd make a lesson plan out of this (journal or essay assignment). There are parts I'm not 100% sure what they say, so I'll put those verses in italics.

Black Is, Fertile Ground

Black boy
Standing for the ghetto
You’re so hardcore
Fist held tight won’t let go
Your legs don’t seem to run
I see you fighting for the sunlight
Cuz it’s yours
When your spirit starts to dream
And you open up your wings
You’ll soar

Black girl
Beauty finest in your bloodline
The world
Wants the gifts you’re born with
The secrets of all the queens
Are wrapped inside
Your precious genes
Stay gold
See no matter where you stop
You’ll somehow make it to the top
Cuz you’re gold

You see
Black is so beautiful
Kissed by the sun
As we dance to the drum
So beautiful
Black is so beautiful
Our spirits
Our hearts
Our style and
Our art
So beautiful

Black man
Ancient spirit of the strong
You stand
Father Creole, sing your song
The strength within your hands
Built pyramids
Like you they stand
Lead on
The protector of the womb
Your light illuminates the moon
Into dawn

Heavenly queen
Nubian goddess
Woman phenomenally
Warrior
Mother
You just protect the sun
Inhale the light
the planets die
You are the night
You rise
the planets only sound
Even when they knock you down
Still you rise

You see
Black is so beautiful
Kissed by the sun
As we dance to the drum
So beautiful
Black is so beautiful
Our spirits
Our hearts
Our style and
Our art
So beautiful

(repeat)

You are, you are so beautiful
We are, we are so beautiful
You are, you are so beautiful
We are, we are so beautiful
Beautiful

I didn't know they had a new cd out. My favorite is Spritual War and my favorite song is "Be Natural"