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I don’t trust , 

I don’t love , 

I don’t smile , 

I don’t talk , 

I’m not friendly , 

I’m not an outside person , 

I don’t want to meet your family or friends , 

I don’t want to get close to nobody no more , 

From here , 

It’s all about me , 

My happiness,

My heart, 

My mind , 

My soul ,

My spirit,

My body ,

Everything that makes me ,

Everything that’s a part of me ,

From here on , 

I will not let a man hit me , 

I will not let a man get the best of me ,

I will not settle for any man , 

I will chase my dreams , 

I will be successful in life , 

I will succeed in life , 

I will be great , 

I will have all my daughters in my custody, 

I will have everything & more that I lost , 

I will stay in the race , 

I will fight back , 

From here , 

Iam me , 

Can’t be nobody but me , 

Why be born if I can’t be me , 

I was giving a life , 

So I’m live my life , 

From here ,

Iam stronger than yesterday, 

Iam better than I was before , 

Iam smart , 

Iam beautiful,

& my black life do matter. 

So for that I stand with a smile ,

& say , 

From here , 

I’m coming back harder than ever before , 

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