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I AM

Contributed by simmi on Thursday, 25th May 2006 @ 05:49:02 PM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

i am

i am black white & native american

i am a thick carmel skined, dark hair dark brown eyed gurl

i am a 15 yr old whose sad n confused bout life

i am tha sweet not so inocent gurl ppl love 2 talk ***** bout cuz they aint got nuttin betta 2 do

i am me

i am tha daughter of a 32 yr old white n native american woman who has overcome cancer & many struggles& made many mistakes but is tryin so hard

i am a gurl tryin so hard in skool cuz i wanna b sumthin 1 day i wanna b somwhere doin sumthin big

i am tha gurl wit big dreams

i am me

i am a gurl wit a scar 4 every struggle ive overcome

i am jus tryin 2 survive dis lyfe full of sadness pressure & drama

i am tough

i am me

u think i am 'gangsta' cuz of tha color of ma skin

u think i am livin in tha ghetto wit ma daddy in jail N ma moms on crack

u think im gonna steal from ur store

i walk down tha street

u think imma jump u

u think imma drop out of skool or get pregnant

u think imma get aressted

u think dat im all these things jus by takin 1 look at me cuz tha color of ma skin

u think dat im all dis im tha exact opposite if u'd take a look inside of me n give me a chance youd kno dat but u dont

u jus run scared

w r gurls

w r biraciel

w r minorities

w r livin in dis lyfe wit ppl always trynna bring us down

w r ppl of color

w r beautiful

w r not as u sterotype us to B

w r not scary so idk y it seems dat when i walk passw u on da sidewalk u pill ur kids close idk y u run thinkin we goin hurt u

we r no different than u jus tha color of our skin

we r ppl 2 jus livin lyfe like u

we r sooo tired of these derogatory names u give us

we r out 2 prove u and ur redicoulus sterotypes wrong

we r not goin 2 B brought down by ur ignorance

we r gurls

we r biraciel

we r minorities

we r jus tryin 2 survive dis lyfe full of hatred & stick togetha

we r ppl of color

we r beautiful

Copyright © simmi ... [ 2006-05-25 17:49:02]
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Re: I AM (User Rating: 1 )
by ever1der on Thursday, 25th May 2006 @ 05:55:40 PM AEST
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interesting use of spelling..????

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