{"id":493,"date":"2021-04-15T01:46:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T01:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:49:10","slug":"i-be-blk-maybe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/i-be-blk-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"I be that blk"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Naudia Williams<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I be that unapologetic Blk<br \/>That turn nothing into miracles Blk<br \/>So Blk my hands call back home to the motherland<br \/>So Blk I got prayers from grandmas hands<br \/>So Blk my baby hairs curl<br \/>Into a panthers fist<br \/>So Blk even my poems fight my rights to be Blk and beautiful<br \/>I be that innovative Blk<br \/>High top fades finger waves and box braids Blk<br \/>Keeping my head up a Blk<br \/>Fitted caps and snapbacks Blk<br \/>Rest In Peace uncle Forreal Blk<br \/>That educated melanin and will be compensated Blk<br \/>The Blk that white America lacks<br \/>The Blk that built the white house<br \/>The Blk that they try to destroy<br \/>The Blk they cannot destroy<br \/>I be that Blk from way back<br \/>When jazz escaped the fingers of my soul<br \/>When I offer peace love and soul<br \/>That Blk that say it loud and proud Blk<br \/>That Blk that rocked Steady<br \/>And told u something good<br \/>That explosive Blk<br \/>The type of Blk that can\u2019t be contained<br \/>I\u2019m that nappy roots Blk<br \/>That I know who I am Blk<br \/>That I am beautiful Blk<br \/>That I have a purpose Blk<br \/>That I am not your hashtag Blk<br \/>That I have always matter Blk<br \/>So Blk that panthers envy me<br \/>So Blk the Sphinx was made in my image<br \/>So Blk my Blk don\u2019t crack<br \/>So Blk I sip on immortality<br \/>So Blk me and Kin have a soul train line in heaven<br \/>So Blk that I live a long life<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naudia Williams I be that unapologetic BlkThat turn nothing into miracles BlkSo Blk my hands call back home to the motherlandSo Blk I got prayers from grandmas handsSo Blk my baby hairs curlInto a panthers fistSo Blk even my poems fight my rights to be Blk and beautifulI be that innovative BlkHigh top fades finger&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/i-be-blk-maybe\/\">Continue Reading I be that blk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}