Peace - My Name Isn’t (After She’s Gotta Have It) [Video]

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Peace, performing her poem “My Name Isn’t (after She’s Gotta Have It)”.

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Transcript provided by YouTube (unedited)

00:01
my name isn’t sweetie mama honey ma
00:08
beautiful tuck those endearing words
00:11
back into the wolf suit of your mouth
00:13
woman hey you you with the
00:17
booty I like your hair
00:19
give me a number how did we get here
00:23
my name isn’t up for sale when I walk
00:25
out I will not be sold off to your grimy
00:27
ass hands my name is a cutie miss
00:30
gorgeous and they gave me talking to you
00:32
I called you a woman liked to be called
00:34
right I didn’t insult you I called you
00:36
beautiful when I grabbed your ass you
00:37
didn’t see me wink at you and let you
00:39
see me standing here I waited for you to
00:41
come out of the store so I could talk to
00:42
you don’t you see I’m patient
00:44
well wait and plot and wait and plot and
00:50
try different methods call you any name
00:52
that will fit on my tongue my name is a
00:54
girl mommy Queen a hey hey you I’m not
00:59
trying to bother you when I proceed to
01:01
bother you follow you three blocks and
01:03
only give up on some venom gets to my
01:04
eye I’m not your baby can I talk to you
01:07
for a second you look so damn good how
01:09
them thighs tastes yo sexy Yo Ma you’re
01:12
shorty cuter with the booty you got a
01:14
fat ass I just want it’s my face
01:15
between your ass cheeks being a woman
01:17
it’s tiring can I come home with
01:22
you tonight no it’s never enough it’s
01:26
never a no they here try harder try
01:29
again try different and my answer will
01:32
still be no say it firmer pierce
01:35
into his eyes like you were harvesting
01:37
his soul to feed your pet when you make
01:39
it home say nothing save your breath for
01:41
a moment when it will actually be worth
01:43
something
01:44
continue walking walk faster don’t look
01:47
back too many times he will think you
01:48
changed your mind listen to footsteps
01:50
car horns breathe
02:03
if you can hear your breath you are
02:05
alone
02:06
no cat calls just hurry up and make it
02:10
home hello Barry how are y’all

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