It is all too true
Deaf and mute I cannot be
I am also blind…
I am blind because I only see black and white
Even the rainbow is so-
I know I was not born deaf but became it when my friends kept calling me “nigga”- my skin complexion is brown, I am Latina.
And I became mute when I was lynched by my lover and lost my voice- I am a woman and my opinion did not matter.
Martin Luther King: I have a dream…
that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal-
I want women to do what men can do,
I want women to be equal-because a woman is what I am.
I have a dream…
But I cannot dream it alone
Why must I be called “colored” when white is a color too
Don’t pity me because of where I come from or what you think I’ve been through
Remember I am human first- just like you.
My hair is not blonde- I would never change it so,
My eyes are not blue and my lips are not small--yet STILL-
Dr. Martin Luther King is proud
Malcolm X is proud
President Obama is proud—
Most importantly:
I stand proud of who I am.
-Butta Love, the provocative verbalist
