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Alix Olson
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The paper called me a warrior.
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a bad girl. a bad example.
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The paper said I smile big,
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but I curse too much.
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and it's true. I do
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Feel like a warrior just for making it through the day, sometimes
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I feel like a fighter. Cause I fight
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to keep the fighting away and, sometimes,
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Walking down the street is a scientific experiment.
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your body laid out, splayed out, just for them
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to tamper with it.
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But you know, I think it's those with the scalpels
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who are really the rats
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They want to dissect your ass cause your brain won't hold still for them
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Under that slide marked:
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"˜split and fill with bullshit'.
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Y'know, my ass don't fit under that glass
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And my brain moves way too fast for that.
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Cause if this is a movement we're making,
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we have got to get moving
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In this crazy maze we've been handed, we've got to quit losing ourselves.
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We gotta use our big fat mouths to talk,
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We gotta use our big thick thighs to walk.
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We got to follow those who choose
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a different way to knock,
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Those who banged with persistence
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like the Audre Lordes, the Barbara Lees,
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the Leslie Feinbergs, the June Jordans of my existence,
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Who chose a different way to walk,
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took a chance, didn't prance, tiptoe,
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twirl though this world.
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You see, I refuse to slide past
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Even if it means coming in last.
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I'm gonna stomp and rage and kick,
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talk hard, think thick,
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Y'know, it don't take a dick to have balls,
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it don't take balls to knock down the walls
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Of this cheap joint.
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You know, the point's hard to find with all these
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ground down passions.
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But we've got a chance if we sharpen our visions
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with our voices.
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It's a choice to make noise, it's hard to be heard
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They'll toss you a muzzle wherever you go.
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But baby, it's the waves that let you know
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the ocean's alive.
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So, we've gotta go deep.
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Down past where your daddy found your key,
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unlocked your knees
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And took control
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Past where your brother cruised your borders
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like some kind of nightguard patrol,
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Past where the babysitter stuck a pencil up inside you.
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So many ways they get you to hide you
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From the world, girl,
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We gotta go deep
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We gotta use our black and blues like a second skin,
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Let our bruises thicken,
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Then begin again.
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We gotta get up when we're pushed to the ground,
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They aint gonna hear us if we're screaming face down.
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We gotta rise to double the size of our sound.
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You know warriors are better
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the second time around.
The Warrior Song
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