Being Woman, Pt. 2
Embracing Strength: Titi Luzipo's Poetic Reflection on Womanhood
Lyrics
Fantasy is what you want
Fantasy is the desire or idealization.
But reality is what you need
Reality is the necessary truth or practicality.
Suffering tears from your past
Suffering from past experiences and emotional pain.
Knowing well that you're a broken cast
Awareness of being emotionally damaged.
Is it you? Or is it me
Questioning whether the issue is with oneself or someone else.
That's the question every day I ask
Daily contemplation about the source of problems.
To be happy, or to be free that's a part of me you'll never see
The internal struggle between pursuing happiness and freedom, kept hidden.
How long must it be this way
Expressing frustration about the prolonged situation.
How long does it have to take
Questioning the time required for resolution.
How long must feel this way
Enduring emotional pain for an unspecified duration.
What else does it have to take
Searching for additional solutions or understanding.
Being woman, woman
Embracing the identity of being a woman.
Ain't no play
Rejecting the notion that being a woman is merely a game.
Being woman, woman
Affirming the dignity and pride in being a woman.
Ain't no shame
Defying any shame associated with womanhood.
A tortured soul
Describing a soul burdened by pain and suffering.
A broken life, a repetition of my mother's life
Life marked by brokenness, mirroring the struggles of the speaker's mother.
Ridiculed and lead astray, for the strength I had to give away
Being mocked and led astray, sacrificing strength.
Damned by love, experience
Damned by love and life experiences.
The possibilities of being gay
Exploring the challenges of being gay in the face of societal expectations.
Forgetting all you had to say, was the easiest thing that I could do
Choosing to forget, indicating the ease of letting go.
How long must it be this way
Repetition of the frustration expressed in line 9.
How long does it have to take
Reiterating the impatience and questioning the duration.
How long must feel this way
Continuation of emotional distress over time.
What else does it have to take
Seeking additional measures or understanding.
Being woman, woman
Reaffirming the strength and resilience of being a woman.
Ain't no play
Rejecting the idea that being a woman is a mere act.
Being woman, woman
Affirming the pride and dignity in being a woman.
Ain't no shame
Defying any shame associated with womanhood.
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