i was broke
and broken
i was that kid that was
always struggling with self-esteem am i
good enough
am i smart enough
no one looks like me makes it anywhere
i'm chocolate mocha skin full lips round
hips and kinky hair you just don't see
me on tv you don't see me glorified you
don't see me representing beauty you
don't see me
so the world didn't give me permission
to be here but i didn't ask for it
either
so some of you are still asking for
permission
and sometimes you have to stop asking
for permission
and it's just time to give the world
notice
so i just showed up to invite you to
give the world notice that you're coming
give the world notice that you've been
here give the world notice that you've
played polite long enough now it's time
to play full out give the world notice
that unapologetic just showed up give
the world notice that non-negotiable
just showed up give the world notice
that if they can't handle your light
that you're tired you're no longer going
to dim your life if they can't handle
your life put on some shades
just saying
i'm just saying
you're just saying how you're willing
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because when you become that bold
when you become that audacious when you
become that unapologetic all of a sudden
you become infectious all of a sudden
just the mere glimmer of you when i can
catch a glimpse of you when i can get in
your hemisphere and your atmosphere and
your zip code something happens to me
because i'm in proximity
and then you become absolutely aware of
the true assignment on your life
that you were here to save us
you are here to inspire us
by the way you walk
with assistance
by the way you rise above your own
uncertainty by the way you push past
your religious conversation your
cultural conversation your economic
conversation your gender conversation by
the way you show up and say how can i
serve humanity by the way you recognize
that your human spirit is unbreakable
your human spirit is unshakable your
human spirit is unstoppable your human
spirit is unavailable to the
relationship that's not going right to
the finances that don't look right your
human spirit is unavailable your human
spirit is simply asking for you to give
it a command
who will we serve next what will we do
and what mountain will we require to bow
down
and when you get that
and you operate with that knowing
all of a sudden you become contagious
and people just want to be in your space
and share your oxygen
because you make them believe
again so what is your quest
it might just be to go home
and be a thousand percent present with
your children
your quest might be to love an unlovable
sibling your quest might be to forgive
an ex
so you can truly be present with your
necks
just saying
i'm just saying
i was broke
and broken
and all i was committed to do
was not spend the next 25 years in that
brokenness
so i didn't decide my quest out of a
pursuit of serving the world in a big
way i stepped into my quest becoming
committed that i won't have it that way
anymore
so however you step
just
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you