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– no puede comprar el viento – no puede

– no puede comprar el viento – no puede comprar a soul

comprar a soul

comprar a soul do not wait a comprar Juvia – no puede

do not wait a comprar Juvia – no puede

do not wait a comprar Juvia – no puede comprar el color do not wake up wake up

comprar el color do not wake up wake up

comprar el color do not wake up wake up Rallo color

Rallo color

Rallo color – na puede comprar me Alegria do not

– na puede comprar me Alegria do not

– na puede comprar me Alegria do not wanna compare me to Lourdes I stand here

wanna compare me to Lourdes I stand here

wanna compare me to Lourdes I stand here so you can hear my cry um John Tom greet

so you can hear my cry um John Tom greet

so you can hear my cry um John Tom greet ok telling a llamas profundo de tu

ok telling a llamas profundo de tu

ok telling a llamas profundo de tu corazon in fist and a gardener algo como

corazon in fist and a gardener algo como

corazon in fist and a gardener algo como si fuera de sibling I’m not invisible

si fuera de sibling I’m not invisible

si fuera de sibling I’m not invisible and I know you can hear me and these

and I know you can hear me and these

and I know you can hear me and these words of about to spit are going to

words of about to spit are going to

words of about to spit are going to speak in languages you never even knew

speak in languages you never even knew

speak in languages you never even knew existed but no language has a limit on

existed but no language has a limit on

existed but no language has a limit on emotion so sit back and listen to my

emotion so sit back and listen to my

emotion so sit back and listen to my heartbeat because in my veins

heartbeat because in my veins

heartbeat because in my veins I feel a rush and it’s not just the

I feel a rush and it’s not just the

I feel a rush and it’s not just the circulation of my blood but open sound

circulation of my blood but open sound

circulation of my blood but open sound all of en it is my blood because in the

all of en it is my blood because in the

all of en it is my blood because in the past my blood has felt this rush the

past my blood has felt this rush the

past my blood has felt this rush the verse to scream and yell out there with

verse to scream and yell out there with

verse to scream and yell out there with two white humans with the voice that

two white humans with the voice that

two white humans with the voice that just like you made of flesh and bones

just like you made of flesh and bones

just like you made of flesh and bones and yes I have to scream it now because

and yes I have to scream it now because

and yes I have to scream it now because I’m Dominican stereotype

I’m Dominican stereotype

I’m Dominican stereotype I’m Salvadoran su and yes I have to

I’m Salvadoran su and yes I have to

I’m Salvadoran su and yes I have to shout it not be cursed oh oh oh in Latin

shout it not be cursed oh oh oh in Latin

shout it not be cursed oh oh oh in Latin America Ana

America Ana

America Ana but because I’m proud LOD go sonido que

but because I’m proud LOD go sonido que

but because I’m proud LOD go sonido que no es coach el mundo entero just a

no es coach el mundo entero just a

no es coach el mundo entero just a Latina she sang you’re just so latina

Latina she sang you’re just so latina

Latina she sang you’re just so latina eleven WaterSeal can ask Elena ask

eleven WaterSeal can ask Elena ask

eleven WaterSeal can ask Elena ask lavish a lot of famous then we may speak

lavish a lot of famous then we may speak

lavish a lot of famous then we may speak another language but I never stopped

another language but I never stopped

another language but I never stopped anyone from believing cuz Jesus was a

anyone from believing cuz Jesus was a

anyone from believing cuz Jesus was a Jew and I believe in him too that we

Jew and I believe in him too that we

Jew and I believe in him too that we Latinos hold our heads up high no matter

Latinos hold our heads up high no matter

Latinos hold our heads up high no matter how hard you try to put us down and if

how hard you try to put us down and if

how hard you try to put us down and if we manage to reach this man is because

we manage to reach this man is because

we manage to reach this man is because we belong Heilig Ramos cigar es porque

we belong Heilig Ramos cigar es porque

we belong Heilig Ramos cigar es porque Mira semo’s Rhaegar

Mira semo’s Rhaegar

Mira semo’s Rhaegar abre los ojos no venca de aquino my boy

abre los ojos no venca de aquino my boy

abre los ojos no venca de aquino my boy middle TV Coco Lucas toilet in Americana

middle TV Coco Lucas toilet in Americana

middle TV Coco Lucas toilet in Americana and I said I won’t go

and I said I won’t go

and I said I won’t go my parents came here to give me a better

my parents came here to give me a better

my parents came here to give me a better life and you think I know

in some ways scott banks was like all

in some ways scott banks was like all the other boys i meet at bars you know

the other boys i meet at bars you know

the other boys i meet at bars you know he had five roommates

he had five roommates

he had five roommates he drank craft beer and jameson he had a

he drank craft beer and jameson he had a

he drank craft beer and jameson he had a crush on Emma Watson but he was

crush on Emma Watson but he was

crush on Emma Watson but he was different enough you know he was

different enough you know he was

different enough you know he was employed

employed

employed he wasn’t vegan and quite refreshing Lee

he wasn’t vegan and quite refreshing Lee

he wasn’t vegan and quite refreshing Lee he never asked the question you know

he never asked the question you know

he never asked the question you know where are you from no where are you

where are you from no where are you

where are you from no where are you really from it’s not the asking I mind

really from it’s not the asking I mind

really from it’s not the asking I mind it’s the responses that I get like Oh

it’s the responses that I get like Oh

it’s the responses that I get like Oh Chinese you know my last girlfriend was

Chinese you know my last girlfriend was

Chinese you know my last girlfriend was Asian and what does that have to do with

Asian and what does that have to do with

Asian and what does that have to do with me is she here does she want to buy me a

me is she here does she want to buy me a

me is she here does she want to buy me a drink – oh cool do you watch anime yes

drink – oh cool do you watch anime yes

drink – oh cool do you watch anime yes and I also make sushi and sumo wrestle

and I also make sushi and sumo wrestle

and I also make sushi and sumo wrestle and train Pokemon also Japan is a

and train Pokemon also Japan is a

and train Pokemon also Japan is a different country I knew you

different country I knew you

different country I knew you were Filipino you know I love those

were Filipino you know I love those

were Filipino you know I love those little love those egg roll things lumpia

little love those egg roll things lumpia

little love those egg roll things lumpia they are called loom B yeah you know

they are called loom B yeah you know

they are called loom B yeah you know maybe if you just stop thinking about me

maybe if you just stop thinking about me

maybe if you just stop thinking about me with bound feet serving rice and naked

with bound feet serving rice and naked

with bound feet serving rice and naked in tentacles long enough you could rub

in tentacles long enough you could rub

in tentacles long enough you could rub your two brain cells together I’m sorry

your two brain cells together I’m sorry

your two brain cells together I’m sorry I don’t know where that came from

I don’t know where that came from

I don’t know where that came from I’m gonna go worship my ancestors

as you can imagine dating can be kind of

as you can imagine dating can be kind of tough when half the people physically

tough when half the people physically

tough when half the people physically attracted to you are also racist as

attracted to you are also racist as

attracted to you are also racist as but but there are always exceptions to

but but there are always exceptions to

but but there are always exceptions to the rule

the rule

the rule I was drunk off my ass at Lucky seven

I was drunk off my ass at Lucky seven

I was drunk off my ass at Lucky seven Saturn everyone’s favorite show

Saturn everyone’s favorite show

Saturn everyone’s favorite show when I met Scott earlier that evening I

when I met Scott earlier that evening I

when I met Scott earlier that evening I also ran into my ex boyfriend Derek with

also ran into my ex boyfriend Derek with

also ran into my ex boyfriend Derek with his latest oriental rub he didn’t have a

his latest oriental rub he didn’t have a

his latest oriental rub he didn’t have a thing for Asians by the way he just

thing for Asians by the way he just

thing for Asians by the way he just quote white girls who don’t look like

quote white girls who don’t look like

quote white girls who don’t look like they’re gonna age like anyway Derek

they’re gonna age like anyway Derek

they’re gonna age like anyway Derek was there with a few friends like Amara

was there with a few friends like Amara

was there with a few friends like Amara this local poet with no feelings Joe

this local poet with no feelings Joe

this local poet with no feelings Joe this local artist with no feelings

this local artist with no feelings

this local artist with no feelings apathy was really hot and Scott thanks

apathy was really hot and Scott thanks

apathy was really hot and Scott thanks holy

holy

holy Scott thanks six feet tall blond hair

Scott thanks six feet tall blond hair

Scott thanks six feet tall blond hair blue eyes though want that white on rice

blue eyes though want that white on rice

blue eyes though want that white on rice Scott thanks oh he’s he’s looking at me

Scott thanks oh he’s he’s looking at me

Scott thanks oh he’s he’s looking at me oh he’s walking over

this movie I loved he said

this movie I loved he said the TV was playing land before time for

the TV was playing land before time for

the TV was playing land before time for journey through the mists uh yeah it’s

journey through the mists uh yeah it’s

journey through the mists uh yeah it’s super cool I said really smoothly

super cool I said really smoothly

super cool I said really smoothly somehow he continues talking to me we

somehow he continues talking to me we

somehow he continues talking to me we chat about our 90s childhoods rewinding

chat about our 90s childhoods rewinding

chat about our 90s childhoods rewinding VHS tapes before returning them to the

VHS tapes before returning them to the

VHS tapes before returning them to the library you make lots of clever jokes

library you make lots of clever jokes

library you make lots of clever jokes that I don’t remember but that I’m sure

that I don’t remember but that I’m sure

that I don’t remember but that I’m sure we’re probably really funny because

we’re probably really funny because

we’re probably really funny because really handsome perfect guys

really handsome perfect guys

really handsome perfect guys are usually super funny next thing you

are usually super funny next thing you

are usually super funny next thing you know we’re sucking face in a corner by

know we’re sucking face in a corner by

know we’re sucking face in a corner by the dartboard

the dartboard

the dartboard and I have to say this has to be the

and I have to say this has to be the

and I have to say this has to be the hottest the most passionate the most

hottest the most passionate the most

hottest the most passionate the most mind-blowing conversation I’ve ever had

mind-blowing conversation I’ve ever had

mind-blowing conversation I’ve ever had about a kid’s movie he tips me down

about a kid’s movie he tips me down

about a kid’s movie he tips me down kisses me hard and he says Oh summer you

kisses me hard and he says Oh summer you

kisses me hard and he says Oh summer you are the first woman of Asian descent

are the first woman of Asian descent

are the first woman of Asian descent I’ve ever made out wait what no way I

I’ve ever made out wait what no way I

I’ve ever made out wait what no way I feel his forehead with the back of my

feel his forehead with the back of my

feel his forehead with the back of my hand to check for yellow fever

negative um Scott do you not like Asian

negative um Scott do you not like Asian women it is not a journey I’ve yet long

women it is not a journey I’ve yet long

women it is not a journey I’ve yet long to take okay so why are you kissing me

to take okay so why are you kissing me

to take okay so why are you kissing me you’ve enchanted me you are attractive

you’ve enchanted me you are attractive

you’ve enchanted me you are attractive and the things you say I like them oh my

and the things you say I like them oh my

and the things you say I like them oh my god this is what it feels like someone

god this is what it feels like someone

god this is what it feels like someone is talking to me for me someone likes me

is talking to me for me someone likes me

is talking to me for me someone likes me for me

for me

for me finally I’m not just the next number in

finally I’m not just the next number in

finally I’m not just the next number in a pattern not just another yellow face

a pattern not just another yellow face

a pattern not just another yellow face in the crowd it’s like I’m my own person

in the crowd it’s like I’m my own person

in the crowd it’s like I’m my own person or something it’s nice I go back and I

or something it’s nice I go back and I

or something it’s nice I go back and I kiss Scott thanks again well do you want

kiss Scott thanks again well do you want

kiss Scott thanks again well do you want to go back to my pad and watch the rest

to go back to my pad and watch the rest

to go back to my pad and watch the rest of this cinematic masterpiece of me I

of this cinematic masterpiece of me I

of this cinematic masterpiece of me I promise I won’t try to have sex with you

promise I won’t try to have sex with you

promise I won’t try to have sex with you well okay I know he’s dreamy

well okay I know he’s dreamy

well okay I know he’s dreamy though who the would believe that

though who the would believe that

though who the would believe that I’m sorry Scott I don’t go home with

I’m sorry Scott I don’t go home with

I’m sorry Scott I don’t go home with anyone until the third date

anyone until the third date

anyone until the third date no one believes that the pearly whites

no one believes that the pearly whites

no one believes that the pearly whites flash and he says well there is always

flash and he says well there is always

flash and he says well there is always an exception to the rule

our gunman walks into a church during

our gunman walks into a church during Bible study and kills nine people let me

Bible study and kills nine people let me

Bible study and kills nine people let me say that again

say that again

say that again a white gunman walks into a black church

a white gunman walks into a black church

a white gunman walks into a black church in Charleston South Carolina during

in Charleston South Carolina during

in Charleston South Carolina during Bible study and kills nine people he

Bible study and kills nine people he

Bible study and kills nine people he walks in sets his hindmost parts in a

walks in sets his hindmost parts in a

walks in sets his hindmost parts in a sacred chair absorbs biblical principles

sacred chair absorbs biblical principles

sacred chair absorbs biblical principles steeps in the love and care of his

steeps in the love and care of his

steeps in the love and care of his fellow men and women all the while

fellow men and women all the while

fellow men and women all the while contemplating this evil doing gentle

contemplating this evil doing gentle

contemplating this evil doing gentle hearts ambush predator gun goes off

hearts ambush predator gun goes off

hearts ambush predator gun goes off something spoken something something

something spoken something something

something spoken something something just wrong is spoken gun goes off black

just wrong is spoken gun goes off black

just wrong is spoken gun goes off black bodies are down well head up blood is

bodies are down well head up blood is

bodies are down well head up blood is filling the floor the horror got walled

filling the floor the horror got walled

filling the floor the horror got walled in and the floorboards cried out as each

in and the floorboards cried out as each

in and the floorboards cried out as each body dropped down a mother shields her

body dropped down a mother shields her

body dropped down a mother shields her child right there on the floor some

child right there on the floor some

child right there on the floor some protective instincts they wired into her

protective instincts they wired into her

protective instincts they wired into her brain like the trim on a wedding veil

brain like the trim on a wedding veil

brain like the trim on a wedding veil she presses a child to her and whispers

she presses a child to her and whispers

she presses a child to her and whispers critically play dead the gunmen near she

critically play dead the gunmen near she

critically play dead the gunmen near she whispers again

whispers again

whispers again play dead the lioness survives so does

play dead the lioness survives so does

play dead the lioness survives so does the cub I have a granddaughter she’s

the cub I have a granddaughter she’s

the cub I have a granddaughter she’s five years old she doesn’t understand

five years old she doesn’t understand

five years old she doesn’t understand death she doesn’t know how people get

death she doesn’t know how people get

death she doesn’t know how people get there or how it happens all she knows

there or how it happens all she knows

there or how it happens all she knows about death is if she sees the roach

about death is if she sees the roach

about death is if she sees the roach turned up on the ground

turned up on the ground

turned up on the ground she doesn’t have to fear because it’s

she doesn’t have to fear because it’s

she doesn’t have to fear because it’s dead what would she do if I asked her to

dead what would she do if I asked her to

dead what would she do if I asked her to play dead she has no concept or

play dead she has no concept or

play dead she has no concept or comprehension of death could she do it

comprehension of death could she do it

comprehension of death could she do it would she do it I remember playing dead

would she do it I remember playing dead

would she do it I remember playing dead I was among intellectuals I was among

I was among intellectuals I was among

I was among intellectuals I was among white intellectuals and I refused to

white intellectuals and I refused to

white intellectuals and I refused to give my opinion because I didn’t think

give my opinion because I didn’t think

give my opinion because I didn’t think they’d get me my existence was opinion

they’d get me my existence was opinion

they’d get me my existence was opinion enough I didn’t want to waste energy I

enough I didn’t want to waste energy I

enough I didn’t want to waste energy I didn’t want to waste time so I played

didn’t want to waste time so I played

didn’t want to waste time so I played dead I played dead in my memory when

dead I played dead in my memory when

dead I played dead in my memory when asked about growing up in a small

asked about growing up in a small

asked about growing up in a small Mississippi town a few resources and

Mississippi town a few resources and

Mississippi town a few resources and even fewer opportunities I played dead

even fewer opportunities I played dead

even fewer opportunities I played dead in my memory when I didn’t pray before

in my memory when I didn’t pray before

in my memory when I didn’t pray before my meal in public when I didn’t pray at

my meal in public when I didn’t pray at

my meal in public when I didn’t pray at all when when our blood is flowing and

all when when our blood is flowing and

all when when our blood is flowing and how body circuitry is surging with power

how body circuitry is surging with power

how body circuitry is surging with power I am literally an overflowing river I am

I am literally an overflowing river I am

I am literally an overflowing river I am a stream and a fountain full and wet

a stream and a fountain full and wet

a stream and a fountain full and wet with young wisdom yet I play dead

with young wisdom yet I play dead

with young wisdom yet I play dead repressing everything that makes me feel

repressing everything that makes me feel

repressing everything that makes me feel too small or too insignificant therefore

too small or too insignificant therefore

too small or too insignificant therefore I never become a giant I played in

passing on endearment and settling for

passing on endearment and settling for exhaustion we play dead and I love

exhaustion we play dead and I love

exhaustion we play dead and I love making when we’re tired of renewing

making when we’re tired of renewing

making when we’re tired of renewing ourselves and seeking newness and

ourselves and seeking newness and

ourselves and seeking newness and repeated gestures we resent loves echoes

repeated gestures we resent loves echoes

repeated gestures we resent loves echoes so we play dead were afraid of starting

so we play dead were afraid of starting

so we play dead were afraid of starting over we stay dormant and yet a gunman

over we stay dormant and yet a gunman

over we stay dormant and yet a gunman walks into a church and kills nine

walks into a church and kills nine

walks into a church and kills nine people during Bible study in order to

people during Bible study in order to

people during Bible study in order to survive

survive

survive a mother and child play dead and they

a mother and child play dead and they

a mother and child play dead and they live to tell the tale we live and with

live to tell the tale we live and with

live to tell the tale we live and with mouths full of perspective and point of

mouths full of perspective and point of

mouths full of perspective and point of view we say nothing we do nothing we

view we say nothing we do nothing we

view we say nothing we do nothing we become machines with silent settings

become machines with silent settings

become machines with silent settings I urge you gentle hearts do not play

I urge you gentle hearts do not play

I urge you gentle hearts do not play dead unless you know you are going to

dead unless you know you are going to

dead unless you know you are going to die

die

die do not play dead when life is stretched

do not play dead when life is stretched

do not play dead when life is stretched out in front of you like so much empty

out in front of you like so much empty

out in front of you like so much empty space for empty space has more energy

space for empty space has more energy

space for empty space has more energy than everything in the universe no more

than everything in the universe no more

than everything in the universe no more playing dead for me from now on I live

playing dead for me from now on I live

playing dead for me from now on I live you live we live

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