Listen (Intro)
Stephanie French
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Mic check 1, 2 1, 2 Are you there? I need space A place Where I bring my locks and waves Coils and braids I need room For my dreams to echo Is my voice Melanated with fresh coco From the motherland Too strong for you to swallow? Do my eyes intimidate you? Is that it? So dark and yet so bright Reflecting the sun Communicating with God at a level You're unfamiliar with Do I scar you? Are you afraid my black magic Will contaminate your bloodline? Maybe you're scared of the dark Is that it? Are you concerned You'll wake up in a sweat Perplexed Worried my lips thick Like the welts On the backs of my people Will creep into your room at night Shouting "Murder" Am I your nightmare? Is this why I'm hushed? Kept locked under the bed Where monsters belong Is that why I'm never enough? Why even with degree and phd I'm nothing more than an educated mammy Well... I'm tired I'm tired Of standing in the back row with my hand up Constantly being ignored I'm tired of being force-fed Ivory coloured dreams Swallowing sexist ideologies Maybe you didn't realize But I'm allergic to colourism and misogyny Please excuse this word vomit But. I'm. Sick I'm sick of shouting from soapboxes Dancing in your shoes with no soul I'm sick of begging for my birthright I'm sick of lightening my tone Questioning the pattern of my breaths Wondering if they match yours I'm. Sick Yet I wonder Do you cringe at the sound of my God Laughing at yours? Do you burn When He rains blessings on my people? Does your stomach turn when He kisses my face? Sad Cause this coco drenched voice Birthed from the motherland Is too strong for you to swallow I wasn't created to be consumed I don't care if I intimidate you For every chromosome in my body Communicates with God At a level you're unfamiliar with And I refuse to make light of What God has made dark
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