Trying to Bake Texture But it's Black So first I'd like to say I'm still a complete wreck at Blender, I'm self taught, which a lot of people are; but I might be making a stupid mistake, though for the life of me I can't figure out what it is. 

For whatever reason, I cannot get my texture to bake properly, it's black after every baking attempt. It is rendering correctly, the nodes are set up right in that regard I'm assuming. I'm not sure if I have something checked that I'm over looking, though I went through my settings multiple times. I have a light source.

If anyone could maybe take a look at what I have going on and tell me what's wrong, I'd much appreciate it.
simple. your viewing in texture, not material at least i think so... im reinstalling blender on my laptop to check r now