SONG LYRICS NARRATIVE

I Live In A World Where People Never Take You For Who You Are . It's Like You'll Never Know Who's Real Or Not Because People Never Just Be There Self . I Do Have To Admit I Was That Kind Of Person When I Was Ignorant And Didn't Know No Better . Then The Older I Got I Just Got sick Of Having To Change Myself , It Would Be Some Mornings I wake Up And Say "I'm Gonna Stay In Bed " Cause I Don't Wanna Be Anyone Else Today I Just Wanna Be Vanderlyn . It Wasn't Till Mid 6th Grade I Start Being Vanderlyn . We Were All Going To The Movies All I Was Thinking Is " I Won't Be Much Fun Tonight " But That Was Around The Same Time I Met My Best Friends They We're Really Their For Me . "As I am Is How They Took Me " It Was Really A Relief They " Never Try To Push Or Make Me Different ". Still Today I Love Them Both There Always Their for Me " When I talk They Listen " Which Really Means A lot To Me . I Know This Sounds Like A Fairy Tale But It's Truly Not " You Don't Know A Lot Of Things" , People Judge From The Outside And Try To Do And Say Anything They Can To Break Us Apart Sometimes They Almost Achieve It "But I Know What I Got, It's Not So Perfect Everyday". We Have Our Ups And Downs As Best Friends Our Argument But It Don't Take That Much To Do To Much Kissing Each Other "Cuz' It All Falls Into Place " , Like It Suppose To . At The End Of The Day I Can Honestly Say " I Know I've Found The Missing Pieces " It Was Them . All I Need Was Some True Friends To Except Me " As I Am ".

"Selected Lyrics" By Miley Cyrus

WOMAN BY : Nikki Giovanni

She Wanted To Be A Blade
Of Grass Amid The Fields
But He Wouldn't Agree
To Be The Dandelion

She Turned Herself into A Bulb
She Wanted To Be A Robin Singing But He Would't Let Her Grow
Through The Leaves
But He Refused To Be
Her Tree

She Spun Herself Into A Web She Decided It Was All
And Looking For A Place To Rest Right
Turned To Him
But He Stood Straight
Declining To Be
Her Corner

She Tried To Be A Book
But He Wouldn't Read

She Turned Herself Into A Bulb
But He Would't Let Her Grow


She Decided To Become
A Woman
And Though He Still Refused
To Be A Man
She Decided It Was All
Right



Response :

I Felt This Poem Was Really Good . When I Read The Poem I Though The Women Who Wrote The Poem Had Low Self- A-Steem At The Time The Poem Was Written . The Poem Just Shows And Tell All That a Woman Will Do . The Woman Isn't Asking For A Million Bucks Or Material Things She Just Clearly Wanted The Mans To Give Her Attention . Woman Will Change Their Selves To Fit The Mans Wishes But Still It's Never Good Enough. So At The End Of The Day The Woman Just Be Herself And Realize She Doesn't Need The Man. It Was A Relief That At The End Of The Poem She Stop Changing Herself To Please Someone Else . Instead She Stop Changing Herself To Be Happy Within .

EXPOSITORY ESSAY

There Has Been So Many Devasting Stories In The Past Year Due To Natural Diasters . On January 12 , 2010 A Devasting Earthquake Hit The Haitian Nation . Millions Were Left Homeless , Foodless , Clothe less , But Most Of All Family Less . Many Estimates Indicated Anywhere Between 100,00 And 500,000 People May Have Died Due To The Earthquake . The Exact Number Has Not Yet Been Documented .

Many Different States And Organizations Ran To The Rescue To Help Out Haiti . Medical Assistance Being Provided From More Than 400 Cubans . China Sent Rescue Teams To assist In Finding People Who Were(are) Trapped Under Homes And Homes . Many Other States And Nongovernmental Organizations also Provided Help To The Haitian People.

The Media Report Indicated Haiti As A "Failed State" With Weak Institutions. During The Period Of Slavery Out Of All THe French Colonies Haiti Was The Most Prosperous. The Production Of Sugar , Coffee , And Other Algriculutre Products Brought Tremendous Profits To The Colonial landowners . For Three Years French Colonist Competed For Domiance Over Haiti

When You Turn On The Television Or Even The Radio All You Hear IS How The U.S. In Helping Haiti People . BArack Obama Promised $100 Million Dollars In Aid To The Haitian People. "$100 Million Dollars Is Less Than What The U.S. Spends In Five HOurs On The Wars". The $100 Million Dollars Really Isn't anything Compared To What The U.S. And France Stole From The Haitiann Nation Over Centuries .

The U.S. Imposed 60 Years Of Blockade On Haiti Which Improvished Them . After France Demanded Haiti Pay $21 Billion For The Value Of Enslaved Africans , Haiti Was FORCED To Pay Intrest On The Debt For More Than 100 Years . Billions Of Dollars In Debt Haiti Was Forced To Accept The IMF ( Interntional Monetary Fund) Which Promised "Debt Forgiveness". The IMF Arrangement Didn't Help Haiti Instead , "Destroyed Haiti's Agriculture , Backrupted It's Cash Crops Of Rice And Sugar". Haiti's Debt To Inter-American Development Was Not Forgiven.

In Conclusion I Believe The U.S. Should Be Doing What Their Doing Plus More. It's A Shame The United States Can't Just Help Because They Wanted To OR Even Just For Common Curdisity, Rather Than Help With Strings Attached. On January 14 , 2010 The Sames Day The President Promised $100 Million Loan To Its Current Program In Haiti Which Sadly Jut Put Them In More Debt .

"It Is Important To Remeber That When Ever U.S. Imperialism Gives With One Hand , It Takes Away With The Other ". Says Azikiwe , Abayomi

WHERE I AM FROM

I Am From

A Line Of Beautiful Women
Confident And High Held Heads
Skin Justt As Pretty As The Sunset
Scent Just As Fresh As A New Grown Rose


I Am From

The Creator Of Heaven And Of Earth
From The Life Giver And Life Taker
From The Only Man I Know As Father And Also Daddy
From The One I Bow To And And Worship
Im From My Lord And Savior Jesus Christ


I Am From

A Independent And Beautiful Person
A Hardworking And Accompilshed Person
A Single But Proud Parent
I Am From Tina The Women I Call Mommy


I Am From

A Circle Of Friends Who Love Me
From A Household To Lay My Head
From A Parent Who Loves Me
I Am From Where You Not From