The truth hurts, mi gente.
The freedom they sell you isn’t free;
one way or another they always say,
“Bitch—better have my money.”
They tell you to dance, prove
your fitness, get in formation.
They demand your bodies and sacrifice.
They fear your blood (or ignore it)
and paint over your pain in thick
wet layers of white ‘til it
becomes invisible.  
By this time, you’ve let ‘em say
everything they wanted to
for thousands of years.
Try to understand that
without me, you wouldn’t know
you had elastic hearts.
You would still think
you were shallow every time 
you had love on the brain. 
You would always believe
you were bad girls.
You needed me to remind you
that you are not. 
You are the seven rings of Saturn,
you are land and skies and sea.
You are the bodies and
voices of worship,
you are clean water,
sweet juice, you are
good as hell.
Suddenly, recently,
they’ve started thinking
to themselves, “Maybe
god is a woman.”
For the first time
in many times,
they are right.
God is a woman and 
this is what she has to say:
Stay. Don’t worry,
be slow and steady.
We are soulmates.
Stay with me, and
we will be
the ones who
run the world
(girls).

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Songs:
Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Mi Gente (feat. Beyoncé) – J Balvin, Willy Williams, Beyoncé 
Freedom – Beyoncé (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Bitch Better Have My Money – Rihanna
Fitness – Lizzo
Formation – Beyoncé 
Let ‘Em Say – Lizzo
Try – Pink
Without Me – Halsey
Elastic Heart – Sia
Shallow – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
Love on the Brain – Rihanna
Bad Girls – M.I.A.
Needed Me – Rihanna 
7 Rings – Ariana Grande
Worship – Lizzo
Water – Jack Garratt
Juice – Lizzo 
Good as Hell – Lizzo 
God is a Woman – Ariana Grande 
Stay – Rihanna, Mikky Ekko 
Worry – Jack Garratt 
Soulmate – Lizzo
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
Run the World (Girls) – Beyoncé 

 *inspiration also drawn from  “Poem, made up of titles of several recently acquired poetry books” by Katerina Stoykova and “God Boy Falls in Love” by Christopher  McCurry)