Today, a baffled lady observed the shell where my soul dwells And announced that I'm "articulate" Which means that when it comes to enunciation and diction I don't even think of it ‘Cause I’m "articulate" So when my professor asks a question And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion There’s no misdirected intention Pay attention ‘Cause I’m “articulate” So when my father asks, “Wha’ kinda ting is dis?” My “articulate” answer never goes amiss I say “father, this is the impending problem at hand” And when I’m on the block I switch it up just because I can So when my boy says, “What’s good with you son?” I just say, “I jus’ fall out wit dem people but I done!” And sometimes in class I might pause the intellectual sounding flow to ask “Yo! Why dese books neva be about my peoples” Yes, I have decided to treat all three of my languages as equals Because I’m “articulate” But who controls articulation?
Danas, jedna zbunjena gospođa je promatrala oklop u kojem moja duša boravi i objavila da sam ja "rječita" Što znači da kad pričamo o izgovoru i dikciji ja o tome ni ne razmišljam zato što sam "rječita" tako da kad mi profesor postavi pitanje a moj odgovor dolazi obilježen prizvukom urbanog govora tu se ne radi o pogrešnoj namjeri Obratite pozornost jer ja sam " rječita" tako kad me otac upita, "A šta je ovo?" Moj "riječiti" odgovor uvijek pogodi u sridu ja kažem "oče, ovo je neminovni  problem koji nas trenutno muči" A kad se nalazim u kvartu prešaltam se jer mogu pa kad me frend upita,  'Šta ima dobroga kod tebe sinko?' odgovaram "Ja se samo svađam  s ljudima ali sad sam gotova s tim!" A ponekad u razredu zaustavim intelektualni ton sata  samo kako bih upitala "Ej! Zašto ove knjige nikada  ne spikaju o mojim ljudovima" Da, odlučila sam tretirati sva tri moja jezika kao jednake upravo zato jer sam "rječita" Ali tko je onaj koji kontrolira govor?