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SOUL SISTAH



other folks
be fawnin'
I be
in the corner
yawnin'
wrap a doo-rag
‘round
my head
paint me
black,  I’d knock
'em dead

talkin' ‘bout
soul
and queens
and kings
talkin’ ‘bout why
the caged bird sings,
drums and
Afrocentric things
rappin’ ‘bout
roots and
the motherland
ain’t no
whites gonna
understand

cause it’s a black thang

like jazz    and chit’lin’s     and
Muhammad Ali

I know I ain’t
no Langston Hughes
but damn, I’m black
I paid my dues
I gotta right
to sing the blues
and if my shit ain’t
poetry
it don’t make no
nevermind
me and Maya
royalty
you can kiss
my black behind