i’m done with the idea of soft, angelic beings only being portrayed as white girls. black girls are soft. black girls are angelic, and we deserve paintings of us dancing in circles and enjoying the beauty of nature too.
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
But I knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss
I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
The smell of smoke would hang around this long ‘Cause I knew everything when I was young
Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that makes sense to them. And if you don’t know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right. But the truth is, that isn’t you. That isn’t you at all.