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I Won’t Be Silent DEDICATED TRINITY -CHARI- CHRISTISE BY QUEEN VISIONARY ANGELA THOMAS SMITH · DA CREW Podcast

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: This is for every survivor who cried in silence. For
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: every voice they tried to bury. For every sister still standing.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: You were not alone. Say her name. Trini Christie. Trini Christie.
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: I walk on campus with dreams in my chest. Grief
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: in my lungs still giving my best. Carry deep pain,
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: still try to rise. Searching for peace underneath heaven's sky.
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: I came for the books and sisterhood to do. For
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: a safe place where my spirit could bloom But the
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: walls started cracking, the truth came due When I learned
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  Speaker 1: what silence was designed to do They said don't speak,
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  Speaker 1: tried to cover my name Turned my trauma into whispers
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  Speaker 1: and shame But I know what happened and God knows who.
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: Truth don't fold when pressure comes through. I won't be silent.
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  Speaker 1: I won't back down. You tried to break me, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm still around. Scars on my body, fire in my soul.
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: You took my peace, but not my control. Say her name.
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: Bring it, Christy. I cry out loud for the ones
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  Speaker 1: unheard For survivors choking on unspoken words No me, no
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  Speaker 1: Standing with tears in my eyes Friends turned cold, whole
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  Speaker 1: rooms went quiet They protected the names, not the one
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  Speaker 1: who survived it Smiles in my face, stones in my
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  Speaker 1: back But I kept my truth and I kept every
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  Speaker 1: fact They thought I was weak cause my heart was
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  Speaker 1: sore But pain made a warrior they can't ignore I
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: left for a moment just to breathe and pray Then
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  Speaker 1: came back stronger with something to say. This ain't just me,
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  Speaker 1: it's a campus cry. Too many survivors still asking God why.
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  Speaker 1: Too many stories swept under the floor. Oh, but we ain't.
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  Speaker 1: This is not revenge, this is justice called This is
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  Speaker 1: not weeks, this is rising after fall For every sister
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  Speaker 1: afraid to speak For every heart feeling tired.
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  Speaker 2: And weak You are not dirty, you are not to
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  Speaker 2: blame You are not ruined, you still have a name.
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  Speaker 1: Your body is yours, your story is true And healing
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  Speaker 1: is still waiting for you.
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  Speaker 3: Down south, soul with a righteous tone I had to
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  Speaker 3: find my voice when I stood alone They tried to gaslight,
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  Speaker 3: twist my pain But I turned my hurt into holy
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  Speaker 3: flame From the A to every H, B, C, U
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  Speaker 3: Protect black women, that's what you do Don't preach pride
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  Speaker 3: while survivors bleed Accountability is what we need Try to
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  Speaker 3: ask for a house prayer line too I'm standing on
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  Speaker 3: truth till justice comes true I may be in may cry,
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  Speaker 3: may shake some days But I won't let fear make.
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  Speaker 1: Me walk away I won't be silent I won't back
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  Speaker 1: down You tried to break me but.
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  Speaker 2: I'm still around.
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  Speaker 1: Scars on my body Fire in my soul You took
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  Speaker 1: my peace but not my control.
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  Speaker 2: I cry out loud For the ones under For survivors
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  Speaker 2: choking on unspoken words No means no And the truth
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  Speaker 2: gon' rise I'm still standing with God on my.
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  Speaker 1: Side Police survivors Protect survivors. Hold abusers accountable.
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  Speaker 2: No more silence.
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  Speaker 1: No more shame. No means no.