No, I wanted to die young and beautiful and moving, lean and mean. My mother and daddy looked at each other and chuckled. They knew my folly when I did not.
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Ummm. Yeah, so I’m Sparrow Rollins. And I’m trying to save my own life. And I know that that’s way heavier than I’m supposed to say but I’m kinda at that point, you know?
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You think because them wingtips 'a yours shine like moonshine that you different from all these other cottonmouths crawling up behind us every night? No, baby. The side ‘a the tracks don’t matter, y’all all slither the same.
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God’s in this gift I’ve had since I was a kid. He’s in every note I sing and every step I dance. He’s in every prayer we pray before those curtains open and every breath of gratitude I breathe when the house lights come up.
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It’s not the fact that I’m pretty or whatever. I got the job because I’m good at my job.
Yeah, I understand pretty privilege, ok? I get that being high yellow definitely doesn’t hurt. You don’t have to explain it to me. I’m not stupid. But I am damn good at my job, you hear me? And it’s just my time. That’s why I got it. It ‘s my TIME, ok?
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