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I once knew of a little girl with such big dreams and wide imagination,
Everything she read she willed to being
the first time she left the little town of her birth
She traveled to a land far away from the troubles that ailed her family
from the troubles that ailed her
she walked on streets made of gold
She traveled to countries that made her heart dance
and although she’d never seen them before, in her mind they were familiar
no people or race was alien to her
but one day she was forced to see she was different
she was forced to see her dark skin and hear her heavy accent
she was forced to see her afro hair and her religion
she was forced to see the shameful past that surrounded her people
And although they tried to bury her in shame
She destroyed their expectations and blazed a new path for herself. 

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