Where I'M From
Where I’m From…..
I am from bar-b-ques and live family feuds.
Walks to down town Paterson laughing at women and men who allow their selves to be called
hoes and prostitutes.
Fast behind little girls and quick to call their selves thugs little boys.
A really excited family is where I’m from.
I am from let your voice be heard.
It’s okay to get picked on sometimes in school while you’re being called a jerk or a nerd.
But would that person allow him/her best friend feelings to get hurt.
I am from growing up listening to old folk’s music,
Such as Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, Donny Hathaway, Otis Redding, & Teddy
Pendergrass.
Speeches from Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King & his wife Coretta Scott King.
Two stepping in my grand parent’s back yard.
I am from a mixed family.
Some who are Muslims and some who are Christians.
Some who are really big hearted and the others who are selfish.
Nice caring and the others who are rude hypocrites.
Some vegans, vegetarians, & meat lovers.
This is where I’m from and I love it.
Shanaya Thomas.
Copyright © Shanaya Thomas | Year Posted 2008
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