Well, Queen, I’ll tell you life for me aint been no crystal stair It’s been made of earth Solid muddy waters natural disasters, winters and beautiful springs I carried crates of unnecessary worry up the pasture I’ve planted flowers along the way sometimes I planted beautiful orchids sometimes plucked ethereal  fly traps after, many failed…
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OG (According to Proverbs 31)
I’m the muthafuckin OG the original Goddess and master of the sea I’m the mind molder peripheral engager and lion tamer I turn boys into men men into kings kings into Gods and ruler of the supreme I’m the muthafuckin time stopper shape shifter and baby maker The prototype and limelight the outline and sound…
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After the praise I usually stand in a daze amazed at how God’s glory has manifested through me but is God through with me? Granted, she, helped me get through, but only so I could help you, I mean them, and the others who have not yet seen the other side of struggle but then…
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And of all the people in the world to be, she chose to be herself, and more and more herself. That, too, is something.
-Alice  Walker on
Zora  Neale Hurston
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