Tamell Bailey Poems

You are a woman,
A strong woman,
A grown woman,
One who WON'T give me what I want just cause I want it woman.
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Thought I was a man when i was just a boy
Using women for what i wanted like they were toys
Now i know i was wrong, and they deserve respect
I use to try to control, but now i lead instead
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When I was little I remember strugglin’ in September
Grandmother sick in November and knew that it would continue
Until we entered - return from taxes, While March winds startin’
We earnin’ a mattress, I never had this-no sleepin’ on the floor
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Baby let me explain how you make me feel
Everyday you marinate in my heart, a tasty meal
Don’t want to escape this deal,
I’m laying my cards down
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I cannot speak
I cannot hear
I cannot think
I cannot see
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Listen to the painful life she overcame
Then if you feel her heat you can listen to her flame
Listen to her knowledge and listen to her change
Through years of shedding tears she’s been ridiculed, ashamed
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If love is a battlefield, then you can call me lieutenant
Though it feels like a world war within, when I'm hit I get back in it
Scrapes, bruises, tears and emotional bloodshed
No physical weapons, use lyrical ammunition instead
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White and Black and…Who are we afraid of?
Black and White and…What are we made of?

I’m living my life as a black man in America,
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Thank you for leaving me alone, like a dog with no bone,
Because that's the ON-LY thing you thought my mom was good for,

Thank you for the times at night, when i cried and tried to die,
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The Wonderful Devil

Isn’t she lovely,
- So wonderful,
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