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Fire Within by Zenab Hassan:

My voice is quiet
My head often hangs low
But when I hear stories of injustice
My mouth refuses to remain closed
Nothing sparks more fire in my heart
More anger in my soul
Then ignorant individuals That speak down to my father
As he stumbles across syllables
Eurocentric standards of education Used as justification
To shame half the population
If only you knew how smart he is in Somali
I think to myself
Nothing sparks more fire in my heart More anger in my soul
Then when I hear of a young brother’s life lost
And his story remains untold
Whether it’s at the hands of police
Or the product of these streets
Black lives continue not to matter Which only gets me madder
Because our culture
Only continues
To make y’all pockets fatter
I am angry
I am filled with rage
RUNTA
Haddii kale waxaan lahaa
Haa Haye
My diasporic people
Hear me when I say this
This country Wasn’t built for you
The land of the free
But tell me just for whom?
These colonial systems
Were only created to oppress
Forced to make movements to value black lives
Cuz any one of us could be next
And to my Somali youth
Don’t ever forget your roots
Learn your mother's tongue
And visit your motherland
Because rebuilding our nation
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Should always be the greatest plan
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