Sapphire - Rick James

Sapphire

Black as night, good as gold

Whether young, whether old

Sapphire

Sapphire

When I’m watching you dance, I fall in a trance

Take me higher

History knows that when you were a child

You were the queen of the Egyptian Nile

Kings at your feet and people doing the same

Calling on Isis and screaming your name

Queen of Sheba called Makeba, Cleopatra

They were all Sapphires

Sapphire

So damn strong, so damn proud

How you stand out in a crowd

Sapphire

Sapphire

From your womb, then came me

And your love set me free

Desire

History knows that when you came to be

You were the reason so many are free

Standing for justice and singing out loud

Screaming for freedom, you’re Black and you’re proud

Harriett Tubman, Barbara Jordan, Rosa Parks

They were all Sapphires

Sapphire

Sapphire

Sapphire

Sapphire

This song is dedicated to all the Black women of the world

You are all precious jewels

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