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I am from Foundations built on You can't be good at this And peeling paint Trying to lean on support beams That aren't really there Maybe this is my metaphor Or maybe it's my match Is a "place" with a roof too much to ask for I invested in security Giving it my all But instead I got them staring at me Ode to silence How are you You making my life better When all you do is sit there when others are taken away So I am from Are you sure you know where you're going? Because i'm too small I'm too woman I'm too chicana To possibly have a goal I am here to tell you I had to run Before I learned to walk I can't seem to remember But i only know the taste Because it stayed in my mouth After you told me to keep it closed I can't seem to remember But I know the smell Because that's all the air I breathe now Maybe my senses are gone But I still see I went to Richmond saw trash on the street I saw a white man in a building And a brown woman on the concrete I said how is there representation When we still have to deal with gentrification Take a trip with me I am from being doubted and looked at Because i'm simply a body with no brain But you can't get me out of your head When i spit my truth I went to Richmond I said ethnicity More like ethnic city Because the people from around here Are not to be forgotten So maybe I remembered And YOU told me to forget Tried to chase me out of the place I found my hope in The city i created My career in I am from land of ohlone Soil of I won't be forgotten Repping Vallejo because that's where I took my first breath Repping the city because that's when I learned about "Painting" over art The walls covered in words Are now plain and almost forgotten Except for the light silhouette of Pride in community Pride in community Pride in getting rid of it Pride in taking over Pride in kicking my family out Pride in corporations Your riches Is what caused my poverty So the thick paint Caused my heavy mind And my loud tongue But our resilience Caused my fist in the air And vocals of protest Richmond, rich-mind Mother earth and remedies Learning my rights and Deep breathing Ode to- Our city continuous healing