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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARESSNESS POEM & SONG "Release the Shame " BY QUEEN VISIONARY ANGELA THOMAS SMITH · DA CREW Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: This is for the ones who cried in silence, smiled
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  Speaker 2: in public, prayed in private, and still found strength to breathe.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: The shame was never mine to carry. The blame was
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  Speaker 2: never mine to hold. I take my voice back. Today,
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  Speaker 2: I take my life back.
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  Speaker 1: I release the shame.
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  Speaker 3: I let it go.
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  Speaker 4: I release the blame.
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  Speaker 3: It don't know my soul. I release the lies that
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  Speaker 3: tried to bury me.
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  Speaker 4: I release the fear that kept me quietly.
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  Speaker 3: I'm rising up.
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  Speaker 1: I'm walking free.
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  Speaker 3: Truth in my heart.
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  Speaker 1: God covering me. Survival ain't shameful.
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  Speaker 5: Healing ain't weak.
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  Speaker 3: I found my voice.
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  Speaker 1: Now let freedom speak. I release the shame.
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  Speaker 4: I release the shame. I released the blame. I released
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  Speaker 4: the lies.
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  Speaker 3: I released the fear that kept me quiet. I used
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  Speaker 3: to hide the pain behind a pretty smile. Said I
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  Speaker 3: was good while I was breaking down. Walking on eggshells inside.
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  Speaker 4: My own home Feeling surrounded, still all alone Then something
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  Speaker 4: in my spirit said, baby, rise Wipe those tears, look
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  Speaker 4: truth in their eyes What they did to me was.
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  Speaker 3: Never my name I survived the fire, but I'm not
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  Speaker 3: the fire No more caring what I didn't cause No
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  Speaker 3: more shrinking just to keep the peace No more silent
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  Speaker 3: dressed up like grace I choose my healing, I choose.
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  Speaker 4: My space Living ain't defeat, healing.
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  Speaker 3: Ain't weak Freedom sometimes starts with shaking feet Every step
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  Speaker 3: away from fear and pain Was one step closer to
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  Speaker 3: myself again The shame will never mind the carry the
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  Speaker 3: blame was never mine to keep i'm not who hurt
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  Speaker 3: me i'm not what happened i'm.
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  Speaker 5: Still worthy i still breathe.
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  Speaker 3: I release the shame yeah i let it go i
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  Speaker 3: release the blame it don't own my soul i I
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  Speaker 3: released the lies that tried to bury me I released
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  Speaker 3: the fear that kept me quiet I'm rising up, I'm
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  Speaker 3: walking free.
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  Speaker 1: Truth in my heart, God covering.
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  Speaker 3: Me Survival ain't shameful, healing I ain't weak I found
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  Speaker 3: my voice, now let freedom speak They try to make
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  Speaker 3: me feel like I was less than But pain, but
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  Speaker 3: pain to place, I learned my lesson Not that I
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  Speaker 3: caused a storm, I survived But that I'm still whole,
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  Speaker 3: still here.
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  Speaker 1: Still alive.
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  Speaker 3: I ain't ashamed that I stayed safe too long. I
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  Speaker 3: ain't ashamed that I tried to be strong. I ain't
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  Speaker 3: ashamed of the nights I cried and ashamed that I
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  Speaker 3: almost lost my mind. Survival is sacred. Survival is brave.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not a victim lying in a grave. I'm a
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  Speaker 3: testimony walking in light. A southern soul with a holy fight.
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  Speaker 3: Baseline hitting where my spirit heals. Trap drums knocking like
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  Speaker 3: freedom real. Church girl hard with a warrior walk. Now
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  Speaker 3: when I speak, I don't whisper, I talk. I forgive
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  Speaker 3: myself for what I didn't know.
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  Speaker 1: For everything.
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  Speaker 3: Time I stayed when I wanted to go. For every
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  Speaker 3: tear that fell in the dark. For every wound that
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  Speaker 3: touched my heart. I speak truth over every scar. I
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  Speaker 3: made it through.
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  Speaker 1: Look where we are. I'm not broken again beyond repair.
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  Speaker 1: There's still breath. There's still prayer. I am free from
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  Speaker 1: shame now.
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  Speaker 5: And I walk in truth, I release it I rise
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  Speaker 5: from it, I heal from it I live beyond it,
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  Speaker 5: I am free
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  Speaker 1: I am free