Insignia

They call me just French

But to you its Ms. French

Because I command authority

As these words part from my lips

I’m systematically vicious

A pit bull with lipstick

Minus the reference to Palin

Because I’m an activist

Without all the bullshit/ I mean politics

Oh so explicit

Shy and sweet on the outside

On stage I murder with my poetics

Not that it’s a competition

I spit for the love of the verse

Did I forget to mention

I spit because I’ve loved some of the worst

And hurt regurgitates through words

So I’m just a product of a few bad lovers

Not that I don’t know how to speak love

Enamor  I could voice from cover to cover

And that’s Ms. French to you

I write similes that shock ya values

Through shock value

I got metaphor that shake up ya reality

Conceptualize the formalities

Of the last of a dying breed

Spit words the pierce your could and bleed

I see the truth and wear it on my sleeve

Shit, I’ve got a master’s in lyrically philosophy

Not that I’m cocky

More like just confident in my abilities

The assumption to arrogance

Speaks to my hard work

And diligence

Cultural value

I love my gift

And give consonants life

With figurative virtue

So remember, yes I’m Danielle

That may be fine and true

But while I’m up here

It will always be Ms. French to you

©2011 Danielle French