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HISTORY OF WOMEN AND THEIR FIGHT FOR RIGHTS.
When Women Were Deities
June 2, 2014 at 7:26pm
Too much testosterone in our Bologna
too much testosterone-e in our baloney
killed the dignity of our femininity.
Stepped out of my character onto front
lines, armed with cocktails, rocks, and lighters
Mothers, warriors, and freedom fighters.
Black, setbacks and women's rights too
taking us back 360 degrees, we needed
to be seen on the scene. We had double
the work to do. While men wore
heels and Jerri curls. So many have forgotten
BUT I was there, I still remember....
Losing ground while trying to make gains
Slaying giants in arenas, while dying in the board
room. Burning symbolic bras on battlefields;
We proved ourselves bold.
Not blindly obeying, doing "as we were told"
So many have forgotten
I was there, I still remember....
While we exercised our right to vote.
Rights we earned, while crosses burned
No voting while female, no voting while black
Now from the women rights; Our rights were
taken back. Steadfast we remained
yet loving tender. So many have forgotten
I was there, I still remember....
Too much testosterone in our Bologna
We did the man’s job and fought for the same pay
waging war over wages; Women of the ages,
saying "no" to, demands outrageous.!
Steadfast we remained, yet loving tender.
So many have forgotten
I was there, I still remember....
When we were women, we stood strong
fighting two sides of the battle against wrong,
Wrongs against our race, and the wrongs
against our gender. Steadfast we remained
yet loving tender. So many have forgotten
I was there, and I still remember....
We were women back then we were
sisters, friends, and mothers. They said we were
disrespectful, and displaying disrespect, because
we leave the battle field and go
hang out at discotheques.
Steadfast we remained, yet loving tender.
So many have forgotten,
I was there, I still remember...
Some battles we Won,
Some say we lost the War
We lost our men and we lost our sons
Food modified for power and control
chemicals and G M O'S
Women fulfilled many roles
politically incorrect or not,
We had to take our liberties back.
Something in the state of
New-York is certainly Rotten
I am here now and I have not forgotten.
Today I shape- shift like a one celled amoeba
from Inzinga to Harriet from Harriet to Condalisa
from Condalisa to ANGELA D - FROM ANGELA TO
OPRAH FROM OPRAH TO YEMAYA,from Yemaya
to Maya from Maya to
Queen-Mother-Ya-Asantewaa
WHO PROTECTED US THROUGH THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
goddess warrior, revolutionist - You see I am a female deity
I am here now," I am Oladeji, and I have not forgotten".
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