Hatcher Hollow Becomes Me
Hatcher Hollow is old white colonizer's country
my cousin sold me this precious land property
My ancestors lived im Mc Ewen Tn for centuries
my ancestors lived and died in Humphrey county
my people were native on our grandparents William collier and Letha pearl Webb Smith side
I noticed my colliers were black hair blue eyed
i wondered if my people were the Appalachian and part Melungeon
I heard my Smith native people are from Kentucky ,North Carolina region
my people came from many shades of brown in older generation
our culture had to bury this information
the cover ups and broken history wont take away our native pride
I have strong heritage and have nothing to hide
here at Hatcher road there's trees all around me
the road I live on is curvy
there's no wifi and google cant find me
I tolerate living off the grid away from society
I'm up on high grounds to be a hilly billy
I wont drown by rain swamps like in the lower valley
I live not too far from my family graves in Humphrey county
the forest thinned too much that gave my buried ancestor privacy
it looks so different than where i want to be buried
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