XXX's And OOO's

What an American Girl is What an American Girl? Used to be hair tied up Wearing ribbons and pearls Look how she move now She so sweet She so tough She wear her hair down now Or if she do wear it up It's her natural curls Wrapped In ribbons and bows While she stay signing letters With XXXs and OOOs And it's XXXs and OOOs Forever and ever now Ribbons and bows and stay getting better now She a picture She a mama In all black and pearls Took her daddy's world and made it wild For Black American girls I said she's a daddy's girl In a daddy's world That how she got strong Raised me in a house she paid for Put our life in a song And yes it's XXX's and OOOs Forever and ever now Ribbons and bows And stay getting better now Then the phone stayed ringing The tv stayed lying Y'all know I was that baby crying Now the phone even worse In your purse Burn your eyes Every screen a diet guru now Telling every kind of lies Watch her hustle, watch her fight, Watch her write, for her life She put on makeup That's her armor To get through the day alive Now she pay someone to fix the sink She pay someone to mow the yard Her life look real good now Working so hard We done with slow dances Love thy self, that's romances With Aretha, God, and Patsy Matraca and good wine Take every chance and then some Kick down doors Waste no time Raised a real one Mama's girl To run a brand new world Raised me to wear my hair down Raised me to love my curls Taught me to sign my letters Taught me to wear my pearls And it is XXXs and OOOs forever and ever now Ribbons and bows and stay getting better now And it is XXXs and OOOs forever and ever now Ribbons and bows and stay getting better now For American girls Black American girls