I, Black Woman
Word Study

Fill in the blanks with your partner. All the blanks need to be filled in with sight words, little words that are used most often in the English language

Hint: The number of dashes tells you the number of letters in the word.

For example: _ _ _ = the or and

I, Black Woman
by Faith Nolan

I Black woman can barely dance
I'd rather read _ book than jive and prance
I hate wild parties _ _ _ cheap romance
I'm a woman _ _ my own, taking my own stance.

I black woman will not be used

Don't call me brown sugar _ _ sweet time gal
Talk like _ _ _ _ don't give my heart a whirl
I am not hot _ _ bed, it ain't my scene
I am not part of _ _ _ _ make-believe schemes

I've seen mama beaten _ _ by strange men
sister's _ _ the street turning tricks for them
brother's out pimping _ _ _ talking jive
I saw daddy die drunk, couldn't make _ _ _ _ life

I black woman will not _ _ used

Don't call me _ _ _ _ mama, your sister, your girl,
Don't call me anything _ _ your fantasy world.
I ain't voo doo queen _ _ African dream
I'm _ _ own woman with my own damn scene

I black woman will not be used