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Remember the little girl who said she’s too dark?

Not seeing anyone on TV like her unless she was skinner and lighter?

Rising beyond your disposition to only be told to stay quiet or be “angry” or “aggressive”, but still a woman

All while holding in the pain that came with the parts that society wants to claim for themselves:

Your hair, your lips, your thighs, my pride, but never your melanin.

What shines in the sunlight and glistens in the stars

Destined for you by your mothers mothers.

Well look now little girl:

Since they’ll pay to look like us: fake tan, asses and lips

The world is changing, backwards and forwards

Just remember who you are…..so.much.more

--- I’m a Black Woman

Song reference: Black Woman - Danielle Brooks