Street songs
I smile
I do
I smile at children and flowers and lovers
I smile at liquor and moonlight and mothers
I smile all the time
You can trust that I do
I just won’t ever smile at you.
Cause you call me babygirl
When Truth told me that I’m A Woman
The only person to call me out my name
As if my mama's work was for nothing
I let you in to my present
And you poke fun at my future
But an Angel already rose from the dead
Just to tell me that I’m Phenomenal
Your words may scratch other women
But they’ll never lay a hand on me
Because the love I've grown
Fed me first
Isn’t it obvious
Shit, I know you see.
-Brittani Samuel