Do You Qualify?
Do you qualify to be the man I need you to be?
Will you be able to recognize the things you need to see?
Will you be able to understand
That I'm a good woman and in my life I need a good man?
Do you qualify?
Do you qualify to fertilize my unproduced seeds?
Can you fulfill, as I can, all of our needs?
Can you put me in my place if you see I'm slippin??
Can you talk to me, wholeheartedly, not constantly trippin??
Do you qualify?
Do you qualify to be called all mine?
Can you leave the other women and temptations behind?
Can you come to me with your problems and not wait 'til it's too
late?
Can you stand up and admit if you made a mistake?
Do you qualify?
Do you qualify to be the honest ebony man I would want you to be?
Would you be able to look in my eyes and admit your feelings to me?
Could you take me in your arms and make love to me all night long?
Can you be sensitive and still be strong?
Do you qualify?
Do you qualify to be my friend as well as my lover?
Can you put our love before any other?
Can you cherish me as if I were Diamonds & Gold?
Can you make me feel like I'm the last woman you'll ever hold?
Do you qualify?
Do you qualify to be called a good man?
If I have doubts can you reassure me and understand?
Can your love intoxicate me as if I were high?
To be in my life, I need to know
DO YOU QUALIFY?
Jan Summers is a 26 year old African-American woman who has been
writing poetry since 1987.
A Brother's Response
You ask, do I qualify.
Can I fulfill your need and become the man you need me to be?
My sister, are you prepared for what you've asked for?
Can you handle the responsibility?
Can you accept that, by GOD, I am the chosen one,
The authority, the comforter, and the head?
Will you submit and willingly follow my path?
Or will you fight me instead?
If I am your King, will you treat me as such?
Will I get the best of your beauty and poise?
Or will I be subjected, to an appearance neglected
And checked with some serious noise?
When I talk, will you listen? I mean wholeheartedly and feel me?
Or will you rush me just to make your point too?
Can I be the man at all times? Even when it hurts?
Or is it just when it's convenient for you?
Can you love me for me and not who you wish I could be?
Will you see the strong Black Man within?
Or will you always remind me of all he past brothers
Behind me and make me pay for their sins?
If I don't send you flowers the day your coworker received some,
Will you know that I love you still?
Or will my name be uttered along with those other doggish brothers
Will you question if my commitment is real?
Will you be patient and teach me to understand you,
And allow my knowledge of your needs to grow?
Or will you shut me out when I ask, "Baby what's wrong?"
Or will you respond with, "Well, a REAL man would know!"
When we first met, what was it that caught your eye?
Was it my mind, my heart, my personality?
Or was it my suit, or my job or do you love what I drive,
Instead of what's driving me?
Yes, I can, and I will make love you from midnight
To the dawning of the sun.
But, if I tell you I'm tired, will you trust I'm sincere
Or believe that there MUST be another one?
My sister, I love you and my heart can be yours.
No woman could lead me astray.
But like you, I have needs, so I beg of you
Please, in this love thang, meet me half way.
If life's tough times I'll hold you,
In the rough times I'll mold you
Your simplest wish will be my command.
My life is yours if need be.
Yes you can fully bleed me, and when hell comes
In your place, I'll stand.
A good relationship is a powerful institution
That must be built on a foundation for two.
So to answer your question, YES sister, I do quality
Now more importantly.....Do you?
Author Brian Bruce