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Freedom


As I look at everyone's portrayal of what I am destined to be… an angry Black women is what I am expected to be

 

All I need is freedom

 

To show that I am not angry but instead I am misunderstood in white America

 

All I need is freedom

 

To show that I am more than just my kinky hair, the color of my dark skin, my thick lips and the way I speak ebonics

 

All I need is freedom

 

To show that despite how beautiful my kinks are, the fulness of my lips, my glorious melanin and how ghetto I speak that I am beautiful because of these unique attributes

 

All I need is freedom

 
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