What will you remember when I'm no longer here?/ What footprints did I leave on your soul/ In what kind of memories will I appear/ These are things beyond my control
I'm in awe of black women/ They show up every single day/ While legislators are trimmin'/ All their rights and freedoms away
I educate the world to keep the disease at bay/ But education is lost in the politics of today/ Yet more and more minds I continue to sway/ HIV will never define me...
I remember the hard times that I've been through and survived, and I remember the love of my great grandmother, the kindness and strength of my grandfathers, and I want to make them proud.
I lived in secrets and lies for far too long and it caused heartbreak for everyone.
It's really not easy to be transgender, There's little reward and even less splendor, Just social hate and judgement abounds, Where facts and truth and compassion dumbfounds...
Sure I think about HIV, especially as an advocate in this field, but my life encompasses so much more than HIV. All of ours do.
The caterpillar is sad as it crawls along the way - And it looks for its purpose in every single day
Tell me how many countries will kill you just for being who you want to be - How many homes or jobs have you lost for being straight, I'm dying to see...
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