If I could show my face, I would smile pass the gates of hell
and sail across a shore so free. I would remove my mask of disguise
and be proud to be me
If I could show my face, I would un-paralyze my mind
and encapture my dreams, move forward with them
and play them out from scene to scene
If I could show my face, I wouldn't worry about the negative
things people say. because their words would be powerless,
unable to make me steam. my composure would always remain calm,
and my use of words would stay sparkling clean
If I could show my face my tears would smile
and my pain would subside, and I would not allow
my past or fear to hinder me from living out my life.
If I could show my face I would stand in front
of a congregation and shout out, He lives in me!
he has divided me from the pathway of destruction and set me free.
If I could show my face I would become a better
wife, mother, sister, daughter and friend, I would
become a better child of God, and walk in his light
till the very end...
If I could show my face, I would give more
be more, confess more, risk more, walk more
talk more, I would explore all that I never seen before
If I could show my face, I would be
set, ready and well prepare to handle anything
I would be proud and unashamed to look in the mirror
and see a beautiful black accomplished Queen