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thread: black women in rap as toni morrison novel covers
“circles and circles of KASH”
Sula (1973) x @kashdoll
“circles and circles of KASH”
Sula (1973) x @kashdoll
“I don't need your opinion, I do what I fucking want” x @Rico_nastyy
“‘Well, if you want my opinion-‘
‘I don’t, ‘ She said. ‘I have my own.“ x Sethe
Beloved (1987)
“‘Well, if you want my opinion-‘
‘I don’t, ‘ She said. ‘I have my own.“ x Sethe
Beloved (1987)
“You ain't fly, I make your wings stop
I'm real as fuck and your ring's not” x @TierraWhack
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that holds you down”
Song of Solomon (1977)
I'm real as fuck and your ring's not” x @TierraWhack
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that holds you down”
Song of Solomon (1977)
"I'll drop the strap on a nigga
He sending me quality pics of his bootyhole" x @bbymutha
"At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough"
tar baby (1981)
He sending me quality pics of his bootyhole" x @bbymutha
"At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough"
tar baby (1981)
"It's been a long time since you
fell in love
You ain't coming out your shell
you really ain't been yourself" @DojaCat
"Love is never any better than the lover."
the bluest eye (1970)
fell in love
You ain't coming out your shell
you really ain't been yourself" @DojaCat
"Love is never any better than the lover."
the bluest eye (1970)
"If you talkin' shit, hope you can back it up
'Cause I'on give no mercy when it's time to buck" x @_FloMilli
a mercy (2008)
'Cause I'on give no mercy when it's time to buck" x @_FloMilli
a mercy (2008)
“Hate does that. Burns off everything but itself, so whatever your grievance is, your face looks just like your enemy's.”
"Haters kept my name in they mouth, now they gaggin'" x @theestallion
love (2003)
"Haters kept my name in they mouth, now they gaggin'" x @theestallion
love (2003)
"Thank God, thank God, thank God, I'm gettin' thicker
And I can make you boil up, baby, let it simmer" x @lizzo
god help the child (2015)
And I can make you boil up, baby, let it simmer" x @lizzo
god help the child (2015)
"Know the difference between fever and the disease. Between racism and greed."
"Tell her that jealousy is a disease, die slow" x @NICKIMINAJ
the source of self regard (2019)
"Tell her that jealousy is a disease, die slow" x @NICKIMINAJ
the source of self regard (2019)
"They shoot the white girl first, but the rest they can take their time. No need to hurry out here."
"I’m not black enough to go back to Africa
fast enough
decaffeinated on the grounds of a massacre" x @noname
paradise (1997) & paradise (2013)
"I’m not black enough to go back to Africa
fast enough
decaffeinated on the grounds of a massacre" x @noname
paradise (1997) & paradise (2013)
"I want somebody who can take it apart
Stitch me back together make me into who I wanna be
But all you ever do is sit in the dark
Dealing with the Devil, you ain't never ever gonna be mine"
x azealia banks @CHPYXO
playing in the dark: whiteness & the literary imagination ('92)
Stitch me back together make me into who I wanna be
But all you ever do is sit in the dark
Dealing with the Devil, you ain't never ever gonna be mine"
x azealia banks @CHPYXO
playing in the dark: whiteness & the literary imagination ('92)
defend black women & abolish america, thanks for sharing! xoxo
