I am a loud and angry black woman, So what?
They make the stereotype of the loud and angry black woman seem bad
But why has nobody questioned who made us like that
The language they use to belittle us
Our mouths hand stitched with silence
And the box of requirements we are shoved into
Threatened by the mark of violence
Yes I am loud and no I will never be quiet
The fire you tried to extinguish burns brighter
I will not be condemned to a life of empty sound
Just because you don't like how one word from me can crumble your empire
Built of stolen voice and compliance
Yes I am loud and yes I won't be silent
Our voices the threat to your generational violence
And if me being black and proud
Equals loudness
Then I am so proud of my blackness
Because my voice echos generations of black power
Of words spoken through the strength of those before me
Yes I am loud but that is my legacy woke up to see
Another death, another black body
Yes I am angry and have every right to be
When all we have done is emit a welcoming energy
And we're met with colonisation and inequality
Not to forget your continuous brutality
Yes I am angry, you will not make me the villain
When you are the ones with a history of violence
Calling us criminals
Can you not see the irony
When we present peace
And you present inferiority masked by a face of envy
Yes I am angry, I have every right to be
You call us poor but trap us in poverty
We shared our wealth then stole all our money
You claimed democracy then campaigned tyrany
Then take the opportunity
To abuse your power against us once we claim mutiny
So yes I am angry as I should
When you killed my people
But didn't even have the guts to say sorry
Yes I am angry and every black person Is allowed to be
Because we deserve reparations and we deserve an apology
Yes I am loud
And yes I am angry
That is who I am and I accept that fully
Copyright © Layla Riley-Hill | Year Posted 2025
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