What is Black Girl Magic?

What is black girl magic?
Black girl magic is the single mother who goes to work from sunset to sundown, just to keep a roof over her children's heads.
Who provides their family with three course meals every night, to then secretly have a slice of bread for herself .
Who makes sure their children have all of the opportunities that she was not able to obtain in order to make them well rounded individuals.
Giving up her dreams selflessly in order to create a life for her children to want for nothing.

What is Black Girl Magic?
Black girl magic is the woman who breathes life into her man when his breath runs short.
Being his sail to keep him balanced when the tidal waves of life propels him to toss and turn.
That ride or die queen who would never give up on him, and appreciates each act of effort and progression he makes.


What is black girl magic?
It is the understanding of having to work twice as hard as your pale counterparts to earn a fraction of what they obtain.
It is our identity being picked apart, our features being scrutinized, yet still be able to hold our heads up high and pronounce that "I slay", not believing one single fabrication.

Because indeed, we do Slay!