We a BaddDDD People. Quotes

“how sad it must be
to love so many women
to need so many black
perfumed bodies weeping
underneath you.”
― Sonia Sanchez, We a BaddDDD People.

“am gonna take me seriously.
toooday.
& study myself.”
― Sonia Sanchez, We a BaddDDD People.

“some
times i dream bout
u & me
runnen down
a street laughin.
me no older
u no younger
than we be.”
― Sonia Sanchez, We a BaddDDD People.

“yeh.
billie. if someone
had love u like u
shud have been loved
ain't no tellin what
kinds of songs
u wud have swung
gainst this country's wite mind.
or what kinds of lyrics
wud have pushed us from
our blue / nites.
yeh. billie.
if some blk / man
had reallee
made u feel
permanentlee warm.
ain't no tellen
where the jazz of yo/songs
wud have led us.”
― Sonia Sanchez, We a BaddDDD People.