Rick James - Sapphire

Sapphire
Sapphire

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
Like Sapphire