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I’m Weird and I Know It
I wish could tie you up in my shoes Make you feel unpretty too I was told I was beautiful But what does that mean to you Unpretty by TLC Growing up can be hard, but it’s specifically hard when there are stereotypes that you are expected to live up to. I am a black woman, however growing up in a ‘diverse’ school, I was an outsider. I was the only black girl in many of my classes in elementary school, while most of the students were either white, Indian, Filipino, Asian, and everything in between. There were certain expectations that were placed on me purely for…
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Who are you Loyal to?
Tell me who you loyal to Do it start with your woman or your man? (Mmm) Do it end with your family and friends? (Mmm) Or you’re loyal to yourself in advance? I said, tell me who you loyal to LOYALTY. by Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna Loyalty. It is one of the things that I have been dealing with since elementary school that still comes up. Who are you loyal to, and who is loyal to you? Who can you trust? How do you know you can trust them? This is something I’ve personally struggled with. My ‘best friends’ turn out to be my…