voice

i love when white folks are on it with their kind of issues

There’s something I really appreciate about white folks who actually get it.

you know,
as the “privileged” race,
it’s a breath of fresh air when they use their voices for good.
sadly,
so many of them either lack compassion or common sense,
running wild with narratives that serve no one but themselves.
so when i got sent an IG reel from white vixen about the mass shooting in georgia,
i had to brace myself but…

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i heard a voice last night and it wasn’t from God

i didn’t sleep well last night.
my night involved the most intense nightmares.
i can’t even font you what they were about but i felt fear.
there were times i kept waking up out of my sleep.
that wasn’t the part tho.
so rewind back to earlier last night…

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i’m not my voice

i’ve said it before but i hated my voice growing up.
along with hating my voice,
i hated my whole being as well.
i was always being picked on for something,
either at home or at school.
i highlighted and enhanced everything i thought was wrong with me.
i wasn’t like the other boys…

Uber-Masculine
Played sports
Playing “20 minutes of heaven inside her coochie”
Fathers being proud of them

i had a high voice,
had feminine mannerisms,
many would consider “soft”,
and my father was slowly evolving into the bitter betty pokemon.
i did love track and field and could run like black beauty.
in an “a-ha” moment today,
i realized something about all the things i “hated” about myself.
all of those things i thought were “wrong” with me…

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What Was That? What Did You Say? (Speak Up)

sometimes we don’t speak up when we should.
sometimes we let things fester.
sometimes when we need to be brave,
we don’t pick up our sword and armor.
sometimes we just let things…
slide…
that can be an issue…
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It Made Me Uncomfortable

first and foremost,
i love paramore.
i own their first album and it still gets spins.
i love hayley william’s voice as well.
well she was recently vocal about miley cyrus ratchet performance on the vmas and all i can say is: