"I am here."
"I am here. I am here. I am here."Courage
"The more I wonder, the more I love."Wisdom
"I'm pore, I'm Black, I may be ugly and I can't cook."Strength
"But I won't always be poor. And I won't always be ugly."Hope
"Dear God, I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl."Faith
"I'm married. She cover up the wounds. But she don't make them go away."Truth
"You better not never tell nobody but God."
"My first step from the old world to the new."Change
"I'm not happy. I can't be happy less everybody around me is."Happiness
"She my sister. I love her. But I don't know her."Family
"What it mean to be joyful?"Philosophy
"I spend my life trying to love somebody."Relationships
"Us sit in the trees drinking wine and talking till we drunk."Friendship
"I be so love it leave me cold."Love
"I never knowed what I was missing."
"I make myself wood. I'm a tree."Perseverance
"He beat me like he beat the children."Truth
"Us drink to the health of the dead."
"I know what it is for the spirit to be broke."Strength
"Ain't no point in resisting. The rest of your life is going to be work."Work
"God don't like ugly and he don't like mean."Kindness
"I'm grateful for every single thing I got."Gratitude
"My heart begin to break."
"I got smart for once in my life."Wisdom
"I'm satisfied that I do the right thing by staying with you."
"God probably git tired of listening to folks beg."Faith
"Us talk til the stars come out."Friendship
"I found peace with you."Peace
"Now I know what it mean to be truly free."Freedom