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they miss the old me
they say where did she go? bring back the girl that i used to know i say i made her over she wasn’t the best me i let go of your perceptions now, i’m forever free i’ve come a long way
His favor, grace and mercy brought me through it ALL i R.I.S.E.
through the stages like i’m catalyzing, analyzing if i don’t say what i feel it’s myself i’m compromising for haters and naysayers criticizing, scrutinizing i’m a rebel uprising revolutionizing recognizing, realizing i’m wiser now my life’s plan, i’m devising in God’s hands, He’s revising it was written, organizing the fittest surviving, but i'm thriving it’s not surprising i'm highly favored in His eyes and blessed i’m generalizing, I’ve been put through some tests my faith exercising love, patience and strength ate them up, appetizing soul fed, baptizing witness, evangelizing poetry, i’m utilizing i make the pen and pad talk vocalizing harmonizing visualizing the combination tantalizing, i’m just improvising the old me, I’m eulogizing the new me is evolutionizing i'm gone! When you’re shot down in cold blood in the streets
When you’re choked out for selling loosies pleading “I can’t breathe” When you’re still breathing lying helpless on the ground under white sheets When GoFundMe’s are set up for funeral costs and killer’s lawyer fees When the system’s been broken, ain’t no justice, no peace When another hashtag and video footage makes you madder and sadder When paid administrative leave leaves pigs pockets fatter When I’m in a constant rage cause it seems Black Lives don’t Matter I’m still unapologetically Black You can’t break my spirit You can’t make me fold You can’t kill my vibe You can’t take my soul After slavery, lynchings, bombings, Jim Crow, and mass incarcerations My people... We’re STILL unapologetically Black! |
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Handwritten short review by legendary poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni for "Just My Thoughts: Mind, Body & Soul"
"It's not a #1 record but Just My Thoughts: Mind, Body & Soul catches the times of the heart and minds. Thank you so very much for sharing with me."
Poetically, Nikki Giovanni (excerpt) (side note: It's dated one day after my 22nd birthday! I cried and died when I saw that part!!) #Won'tHeDoIt! Yasss!!! Dear J.D. -
I'm delighted to grant permission. Good luck! Keep on keeping on. Poetically, Nikki Giovanni (her response to allow me to use her review for promotion) (side note: This is dated two days after her 67th birthday!) This is Nikki Giovanni's review for my still unreleased book of poetry, "R.I.S.E."
THIS is why I'm NOT stopping! Celebrated ICON, poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou acknowledged receiving my book with this kind card!
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