The I am Ebony Story by Erika Latanya Lyrics

Written by: Erika Latanya

They said I was ugly
and foolishly, I believed them.

But then one day,
I woke up and I grabbed this
pretty pink tube of lipstick off
my nightstand.

I got up,
walked over to my dresser,
looked at myself in the mirror,
and I began to paint my lips.

I started to feel different.
I began to feel better about myself
but it wasn't because of the lipstick.

It was because I,
recognized who the ****
I was.
It took me to think differently
about myself.
It took me to change my mindset
about myself.

It took me to change.

I am Ebony.