i am from a punch & a kiss //the mixtape

by Marlanda Dekine

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1.	entering in 01:33	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
2.	welcome. 04:43	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
3.	alchemy/mother not mammy, and we are full grown 05:30	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss"
4.	process. 13:54	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
5.	the blooming flower 01:57	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
6.	while simone butler thomas was publicly grieving the death of her unarmed black son, i was in a board meeting 00:44	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
7.	what if? 04:11	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
8.	justice. 05:19	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
9.	we are never lone heroes 04:12	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
10.	my child will ask 01:36	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
11.	breathe. 04:27	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
12.	auset speaks 00:48	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
13.	tribe 02:04	lyrics
//the mixtape is a part of the i am from a punch & a kiss multimedia project. All poems can be read in Sapient Soul's book, "i am from a punch & a kiss".
14.	FRUITS OF THE confederacy 02:51	lyrics
Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves And blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees —Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” All of my life I have lived a neighborhood over I have sat across from The confederacy I have walked the grounds of a state In which the flag still blows Breathing out spirit of confederacy Flag flown to never forget false legacy I’ve been told many of times that this flag is not to offend me That this flag be a remnant of history But the truth be That the American flag is allowed to be warped by its own For red blood crossed in blue is okay for a lighter skin tone See, I see racism’s attempt At wearing a mask You tell me For how many lost wars have the losers continued to wave their flags PROUD Like suppression and superiority remain deeply embedded within those veins Like memories of being beaten and bruised for being too black Sing songs of STRANGE FRUIT to my brain We live in a world of too many exceptions And I refuse to accept when What was wrong then remains wrong now And I see the now The now where my education doesn’t mean much Without having to prove myself beyond my Different hair My different perspectives My unique walk in this life be constantly disrespected By what should have been buried in 1865 But racism remains alive See I won’t juke or jive to that Dixie song For my souls set to a different drum My ancestral connection will never be done Ba-Ba-Ba-Bee bopping to my own rhythm of freedom and liberation I think Therefore I am While I be a part of what happened before me Don’t confuse this poem as a puzzle As my words spit crystal clear images of frustration With the ignorance that persists in this land of the free Us was freed by WE no lincoln POLITICAL AGENDA attached And for that We have the right And we have the honor To label the confederate’s bearer as IGNORANT So if it’s all ignorance Why don’t you tell me Who’s the nigger now?
15.	When You Are Black and in America... 02:59	info

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audiobook meets a hip-hop vibe & says hello for about an hour

//the mixtape includes each poem within "i am from a punch & a kiss", Sapient Soul's book originally released on May 1, 2017.

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released June 19, 2018

producer, {unnamed}, LLC
music, Fox Styles Beats & Ian Morris of Listening To Smile
recorded, Speak Life Studio

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Marlanda Dekine South Carolina

Marlanda Dekine is a poet from South Carolina. Their collection of poems, Thresh & Hold (Hub City Press, 2022), won the New Southern Voices Poetry Prize and was adapted into a collaborative performance of dance, music, and short film with Castle of our Skins. Their work leaves spells and incantations for others to follow for themselves. ... more