Family Tree - Nicole C. Mullen

He was

A beautiful shade of chocolate

She was

A beautiful shade of red

And under the watchful eyes of heaven

Afro Indian girl boy were wed

Little did they know

So long ago

Flowers would come

From the seed they’d sown

Yeah, little did they know

What would come to be

A forest would grow

From the soil and the seed

And these are the branches

In my family tree

Napoleon, Betsy, Isaac, Eloise

Under their branches

I can feel a breeze

Where the leaves from the trees

Make a canopy for me to Live in the shade, yeah

The leaves from their trees

Made a canopy for me to live in the shade…

I wanna thank you

Cause you took the heat for me You took the heat for me…