i am a girl
Not a piece of
property
Not your toy, not
your baby doll
You will not be my
sugar daddy
i am a girl
I don’t want to be
initiated
Mutilated,
confiscated, separated
I want to be educated
i am a girl
I don’t want to be
married, or a mama
At least not yet
Until I find my
prince
Not some pimp who
promises to pay my school fees
Or help me with the
rent
As long as I am
pleasing him
i am a girl
Go pick on someone
your own size
I need to breathe
To play, to dream
To know that I can be
whatever I want to be
Not what or who you
say
i am a girl
And right now a woman
rules my country
A woman who was once
a girl
Who did not let
herself be defined by others
Who rose above and
made history
So being a girl is
not such a bad thing to be
You see
i am a girl
I have a hope and a
future
I have my place in
this society
And it is not beside
you
Its in a classroom,
at a desk
Being a star student
in school
Because that saying
that girls rule the world?
I am here to prove
that its still true
i am a girl
