#aaliyah jihad

[as-warm-as-choco]

HIDE YOUR SHEA BUTTER!!!

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It’s not just that you take what we create, it’s that it always gets lost in translation.

Crystal Valentine & Aaliyah Jihad, "Hide Your Shea Butter"

[lipstickyourway]

In college, a boy said he doesn't date black girls. Like his momma wasn't a black girl, like his sister wasn't a black girl. Like he didn't drink fat off a black nipple. Like he wasn't birthed from a black womb. Like a black one's body didn't bend for him, spilled herself to make room for him.

“To be black and woman and alive”, Aaliyah Jihad & Crystal Valentine

[petty-proudd]

“It’s that y'all really think my black looks better on you”

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To be woman and black is to be born knowing your beauty does not belong to you.

Crystal Valentine & Aaliyah Jihad, “To be Black and Woman and Alive”

[buttonpoetry]

Behind every great man is the woman who pulled the trigger.

Crystal Valentine & Aaliyah Jihad - “To be Black and Woman and Alive”

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"No white thief shall prosper against me." - Crystal Valentine & Aaliyah Jihad

Add this fantastic piece to your music library!

[buttonpoetry]

It’s not just that you take what we create, it’s that it always gets lost in translation.

Crystal Valentine & Aaliyah Jihad, "Hide Your Shea Butter"

Congratulations to Crystal & Aaliyah on topping 250,000 views on this marvelous poem.