Diversity
Have you ever wondered
how life would be
If God didn’t create diversity?
No different cultures or people to see
That’s not what he wanted the world to
be
He made us different from one another
So that we could fit into his big puzzle
He planned this perfect without a mistake
So
every piece would fit in just great
Different colored people hand in hand
He spread us all across the land
Diversity is what
he said I’ll do
I’ll be me and you be you
Jelisa Fields
Stage 1 is where I’m not concerned
Cause this
sister right here
got a lot to learn.
I’m young, cute, nice and small.
Energetic but don’t know it all.
Stage 2: I got to
keep myself in check
keep my mind on the future
and keep my dreams direct.
Stage 3: I’m doing what I got to do
don’t got
it all together, but I got a clue
So now it’s time to step up my game
to get my place in the hall of fame.
Walking
down the Street
When you’re walking down the street
You feel so alone
Ain’t nothing but the stop lights and safety zones
I don’t know
anybody but the hard concrete
It ain’t so fun walking down the street
People making noises, got a reason to yell
There’s an old
man on the corner that’s got fruit to sell
Cars driving fast trying to get to the gas station
Construction men are working to build
a new creation
Still walking home from all the drama
Got to do some city talk and gonna tell my mama
That's when you're walking down the street
You only make friends with the hard concrete
Jelisa Fields
Driven
Born to a playa
And a naive girl
Could make or brake
you
in t his world
Father dead
And mother in jail
Being raised by grandma
who didn't fare too well
A life of abuse and love
Crying inside
because you're a tjug
Forced to be hard because you had to live
Had to grow up too fast, no time to be a kid
Driven to success and a
higher road
No time for the corners or the girls you were told
Who was your motivation when your parents weren't it?
Who told you, you
could do it better and never forget?
The makings of a failure
The statistics of 21 R.I.P.
But you were made Driven
So that you would never
quit
Born to a playa
and a naive gtirl
Could make or break you
in this world
Driven to success
In a demanding society
Thug life
to the side
Education your priority
The makings of a failure
But you anted more
Than the respect you would get
from robbing a store
2008
China
African Pride
My hair is black
My hands are strong
My skin is brown
That's how I belong
My thighs are thick
My hips are wide
My lips
are luscious
My African Pride
Who can take my pride from me
by denying my black beauty
By tell me my hair is nappy
And saying I need a
perm?
I laugh and smile
'Cause that's my child,
Is something I won't believe
My African Pride
Is too great to hide
And nothing is wrong
with me
2008
China
Say u not lyke them, but
how am i suppose to kno
you got yo own style, u own yo own name, and u never let it put u to shame
i keep my distance cause i dont
want it to happen again
u say ull never do me lyke he did, with a calm voice and a straight face
u tell me yo deepest and darkest
i just dont kno weather ull repeat the cycle again
Say u not lyke them but how am i suppose to kno
- Ashley Tillman
