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"Here's the tea/ some people only have raggedy energy/ they were never loved or respected properly/ now they live in emotional poverty/ those people can't afford a person of your quality..."

"My mother was born on Independence Day/ so on the 4th morning of the 7th month/ we gather/ decorate our home in red, white, and blue/ the colors are more out of habit than a celebratory attitude... "

"Can you imagine/ the damage we do/ the messages we send the other woman about her value/ when we don’t fix friendships that are actually salvageable..."

"Giants stumble/ but they don’t fall/ my giant is only a few feet tall/ the ground might not shake when she walks/ but them demons do/ my mama's prayers can reach the heavens/ like her speakers do..."

"When you’re that deep in the trenches/ it is easy to question your worth/ I went sifting for gold in the dirt / tripped up and got my feelings hurt/ life happens/ I have not always honored me/ sought validation in someone who couldn’t even speak life into me..."

"Being Black in corporate America means we do a lot of hand-holding / a whole lot of telling grown folks how they should behave/ in a world where my ancestors used to be their ancestor's slave/ but that's ok/ a sista got time today..."

"Being single doesn’t frustrate me/ it’s being interrupted only to be disappointed that becomes infuriating/ do not stop by my peaceful life with ill intent/ because you are having trouble in your relationship..."

"A Black body will always embody/ the soft place where I land/ there is nothing more beautiful than a Black man/ no better view than the sun illuminating the hue/ of a Black hand/ fingers intertwined in mine..."

"Our wombs carry whole humans/ whether we have birthed a child or never/ our body is godly seven days a month/ our breasts will nurture humanity forever..."