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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARESSNESS POEM & SONG "Boundaries Are Beautiful" BY QUEEN VISIONARY ANGELA THOMAS SMITH · DA CREW Podcast

• 0:07
  Speaker 1: Listen Some of us spend our whole lives Trying to
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: keep everybody else happy While our own hearts were breaking
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: Saying yes when our spirit said no Opening doors for
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: people Who kept walking over our souls But baby Healing
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: taught me something I can love you And still protect me,
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: I can forgive you. And still not let you back in.
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: And if you don't understand my boundaries, that don't mean
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: I had to break them. My love is a complete sentence.
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: Let that sink in. Boundaries are beautiful, baby. Can't you see?
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: I had to stop losing myself just to keep the peace.
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: My heart ain't a playground. My soul ain't for sale.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: I'm choosing my healing and I will prevail. I know
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: it's a sentence I ain't gotta explain. I can love
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: you from a distance and still wish you no pain.
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: I got peace in my spirit. Got strength in my soul.
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: Boundaries are beautiful. I'm taking back control. you I came up,
• 1:32
  Speaker 1: givin' everything I had Put a smile on my face
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: when my heart felt sad Everybody had a need, everybody
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  Speaker 1: had a plan But who was holdin' when I couldn't
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  Speaker 1: even stand? I was pickin' up the pieces, always answerin'
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: the call Bein' everybody's bad one while I shruggin' at
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  Speaker 1: the fall Had to look into the mirror, had to
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: face what I knew I was showin' everybody love but
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  Speaker 1: forgettin' me too Now the front door closed if your
• 1:46
  Speaker 1: energy ain't right I ain't arguin' with my worth, I
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  Speaker 1: ain't fightin' every night You can call me selfish, you
• 1:49
  Speaker 1: can say I changed But the woman that I was
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  Speaker 1: and the woman that remains I got scars underneath this gold,
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  Speaker 1: got prayers beneath this crown I survived two million storms
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  Speaker 1: just to let you break me down I don't know
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  Speaker 1: an explanation for protecting my salvation. I can stand in
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: love and truth without abandoning my rules. I can care
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  Speaker 1: and still say no. I can even let you grow.
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  Speaker 1: I can choose myself today without feeling bad along the way.
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: Boundaries are beautiful, baby, can't you see? I had to
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: stop losing myself just to keep the peace. My heart
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: ain't a playground, my soul ain't. Let me talk to
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  Speaker 1: the sister who's been carrying the load, who's been breaking
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: down the property with a smile on the road, who's
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  Speaker 1: been scared to disappoint, scared to ruffle any feathers, who's
• 2:52
  Speaker 1: been holding folks together. Watch me battle it, hold together, baby,
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  Speaker 1: hear me when I tell you you deserve to breathe
• 3:01
  Speaker 1: You don't have to earn your rest, you don't have
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  Speaker 1: to beg for peace Your body is your own, your
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  Speaker 1: time is yours to keep And your heart deserves protection
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  Speaker 1: even when your level's deep You can tell him not
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  Speaker 1: to date, you can tell him I need space You
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  Speaker 1: can walk away from chaos without shame upon your face
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  Speaker 1: You can set a new condition, you can draw another
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  Speaker 1: line You ain't wrong for guarding something that is sacred,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't find no guilt In my boundaries, no shame in
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  Speaker 1: my truth I'm reclaiming every piece of the woman I
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: once knew This ain't hatred, this is healing, this is wisdom,
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  Speaker 1: this is growth I'm not closing out my heart, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not just choosing his clothes Teach me not to feel
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  Speaker 1: guilty for the peace you placed inside me. Teach me
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  Speaker 1: I can love my neighbor without losing who you made me.
• 3:33
  Speaker 1: For the times I say yes while I cry. For
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: the nights I push my own needs aside. For the
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  Speaker 1: little girl who thought love meant pain. I'm letting go
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  Speaker 1: of that belief today. I am worthy. I am enough.
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: I am enough. I can be gentle. I can be tough.
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: I can be tough. I can forgive. I can forgive.
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  Speaker 1: I can move on. I can protect my peace and
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  Speaker 1: still have a heart full of love. God teach me
• 4:02
  Speaker 1: not to feel guilty. For the peace you placed inside me, Lord.
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: Teach me I can love my neighbor without losing who
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  Speaker 1: you made me. For the times I said yes while
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  Speaker 1: I cried. For the nights I pushed my own needs aside.
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  Speaker 1: For the little girl I love in pain. I'm letting
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  Speaker 1: go of that belief today I am one. I can
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: be gentle. I can be tough. I can forgive. I
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  Speaker 1: can move on. I can protect my peace and still
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  Speaker 1: have a heart full of love. She's worthy. She's worthy.
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  Speaker 1: She's worthy. She's worthy. She's worth it, her lies She's
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  Speaker 1: worth it, her lies She's worth it, her lies Now
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: the bass come back. Let the whole world know. I
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: ain't asking for permission just to let my light glow. Yo,
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  Speaker 1: got my feet on the ground. Got my head held high.
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  Speaker 1: Got a whole lot of living. Ain't afraid to deny.
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  Speaker 1: If it's draining my spirit, I can leave it behind.
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  Speaker 1: If it crosses my boundary, I can draw that line.
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  Speaker 1: No more shaking my voice. So your ego feels tall
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  Speaker 1: No more sacrificing me just to please y'all I can
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  Speaker 1: be a queen with compassion in my chest Still say
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  Speaker 1: no to the things that don't serve my best I
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  Speaker 1: can walk in forgiveness with a limit on excess I
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  Speaker 1: can love