CULTURE

Culture; It's more than what you do 

It's how you do what you do 

It's how you pronounce your words 

How you adorn your body  

Style your hair 

Why you dress how you dress.  

The food you eat 

The food you like  

Your etiquette and mannerism 

It contributes to making you who you are. 

My culture is not who I am 

It’s a reflection of who I am; why I am who I am 

And believe in what I believe in  

My culture has taught me to appreciate where I come from 

From the headwraps we call “tambaras” 

To the languages of Kirundi and Swahili 

From church every Sunday  

To dancing and singing on weekdays 

To eating our ugali and mboga in the evenings 

The way we have our weddings 

Celebrate our parties 

The music that makes you want to get up and shake something 

It makes me who I am  

It has taught me to love and accept my self  

In my culture we embrace and flaunt our melanin skin 

We have a deep admiration to the different pigments God provides 

We have a love for the curvy bodies, full hips that we posses 

The way we move in a graceful manner 

We love what our mothers gave us  

Mothers are queens and the role models in families 

Elders are respected and valued 

My culture pushes me to do good in life 

Work hard in school 

Become better than where I'm from 

But never forget where I'm from 

To remember that I am, we are, our ancestors' wildest dreams 

My culture makes me the humble, happy, kind, patient, God-loving, optimist I am