Because I Am Human. I Am Scholarship Slam
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the dead leaves know so little
the swine and their eager snouts
scour the pile, although too brittle
swarming minds with no doubts
I ain't shit
And I ain't nothing that deserves shit
All these people holding up their diseases and claiming it makes them what they are
I am, a fighter.
With every scar, and every voice in my head,
I was told that I would never make it.
I was told, "college is for the smart ones."
With every path I built for myself,
I am feared by many I am love by many I am hated by many I am a color that seem inferior yet we dominant.I am a gender where intercourse is every day norm I am in a generation that is mislead I am a future for my family I am lazy yet athletic I a
I Am a human. Although I Am a female, that shouldn't define my work skills, how I act, and what I can and can't do. So don't downgrade me. Let me show you who I really am.
as decisions are made, leading to this moment
unmade decisions, telling you what could have been
as reality comes into perspective
as new trials of now, were then
as failure guides you now
What I am is perfection
What I am took me a while to love
I am what i love
What I am is victory
A diamond in the rough
More like a pearl in a dirty clam
I don't belong
A silver lining behind a cloud
Who rattles the Beast's cage?
Who tests its furious anger and violent agression?
The Beast is timid but has a wrath;
A wrath greater than any seen before.
I am from a blood line of empowerment.
My people have traveled for miles,
and my history runs deep.
