Warrior Princesses (featuring Rising Sun)

Words: Abiyah (verses), Shahied Al-Amin (chorus)
Music: Marcus Mitchell
Flow Tectonics Publishing (ASCAP)

i wake up to stars that have fallen
i strike matches to lighten my burden
strength is my battalion
beauty is my medallion
i am a warrior princess

she wakes up in her sleep
to stars that have fallen
from celestial pedestals too tall
and her father never calls
since Mama saw the infidelity
and now she bawls
she puts on battle gear
her trek to school a trail of tears
and her backpack is her armor
so comments from backbiters
nah dem never harm her
she hears the sounds of soliders near
i have no fear!
pounds the pavement
gets snatched by ex-felon blood-clot
who stain her raiment
her virginity taken by family friend
who lifted her skirt
her fertile soil turned to dirt
she wants to return to the earth
and chant her native incantation
it be her meditation
relieve stressful situation
she wakes up in her sleep
and looks the other way
one day, karma make dem all play

chorus:
warrior princess strong
sparkle like a diamond
smell sweet like honesuckle
upon your journey so long
spread your tender care and wisdom in the struggle
just wear your dress and your crown
show your majesty and beauty, Queen Omega
and Jah will not let you down
if you shine true and firm, sweet senorita

strength is her battalion
beauty is her medallion
her beauty still lingers on Somali shores
where she hears djeli roars
vibrating on oars to her lifeboat
controlling remote thought of paradise lost
she was lost but found her way
touching moss on north sides of trees
and releases sacred hands into infinity
she ties strong branches together
tougher than leather
on the surface
she is smooth
release into the groove
where she move
and play hide and seek
watch where her feet walk
princess steps march to the queendom
warrior princesses have you seen dem?

she stands in resurrection stance
her last chance for salvation
she resisted arrested development
she prevented asphyxiated comments
that tried to cut short her breath
she breathes exhalations of all nation

chorus:
warrior princess strong
sparkle like a diamond
smell sweet like honesuckle
upon your journey so long
spread your tender care and wisdom in the struggle
just wear your dress and your crown
show your majesty and beauty, Queen Omega
and Jah will not let you down
if you shine true and firm, sweet senorita