Cherisha Harris
go put on that frilly little frock so yo mama can be happy
ApplauseApplauseApplause
(now that’s the way a pretty little lady is supposed to look)
go put on that big ole hat
nice white tailored starched dry cleaned suit
stockings clean slip
(don’t forget yo slip girl)
so the preacher can look out the corner of his eye
SmileSmileWinkWink
my my don’t you look holy today
hair do-ed up
nails done
fresh from the beauty shop
Stroll down that aisle girl!
high heels
head high
see who turns to look
OoohAhhh
Be a good girl
Sit up straight
sing loud enough for the angels in heaven to hear
pass me not
oh gentle savior
hear my humble cry
while on others
Thou are calling
do not pass
Me
by
See me Father for who I am
a po weary church girl
caught up in the clutches of
Sin
so i’m told
Do not shut yo eyes
Do not turn me over
Reprobate
Church Girl
took off the suit
burned the slip
it crawled and made me sweat
kept the hat
I look good in it
running round with that man
that no good man
(he don’t go to church girl?)
WeepingAndGnashingOfTeeth
had a church man
sitting in the front row singing hymns preaching praising the lord
Then
AbracadabraPoof
he’s gone
without me
without his children
Reprobate
Church Girl
Redefined
MamaGrandmamaAuntie
check the beam in your eye
my eyes sparkle and shine
not from wine
i Am
covered by the blood
sitting on the front row
every Sunday morning
clapping my hands
(you clap your hands in church girl?)
Singing loud enough for the angels in heaven to hear
i don’t feel no ways tired
i’ve come too far
from where I’ve started from
nobody told me
the road would be easy
i don’t believe
He
brought me this far
to leave
Me
Church Girl
Redeemed
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