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Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
As the harmony floated about the bellies of slave ships…
Over the past 8 years, I have gathered that legends don’t explain themselves.
Over the past 8 years, I have seen black pride spread
I am brown/Brown, dirt is brown/They think I am dirt, dust/
They clean me out from underneath their fingernails/Wrinkle their noses in disgust/
I am girl/and girl does not mean/“Sexualize me”/“Pry me apart”/“Look me up and down.”
White child, are you afraid of me? With skin black and teeth gleaming/I pray that you outgrow your fear of the dark/It is best for
