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Sister Ego Tripping Mash-Up

Nikki Giovanni with characters


I was born in the Congo [Shug Avery]
I walked to the Fertile Crescent and built Oh sister, have I got news for you
The Sphinx
I designed a pyramid so tough that a star I'm somethin'
That only glows every one hundred years
falls I hope you think
Into the center giving divine perfect light
I am bad That you're somethin' too
[Moanas Grandma]
I sat on the throne Where you are
Drinking nectar with Allah
I got hot and sent an ice age to Europe The people you love will change you
To cool my thirst
My oldest daughter is Nefertiti The things you have learned will guide you
The tears of my birth pains And nothing on earth can silence
Created the Nile The quiet voice still inside you
I am a beautiful woman

I gazed on the forest and burned [Glinda]


Out the Sahara desert Who can say if Ive been changed for the
With a packet of goats meat better
And a change of clothes But because I knew you
I crossed it in two hours [Elphaba]
I am a gazelle so swift Because I knew you
So swift you cant catch me [Glinda & Elphaba]

For a birthday present when he was three I have been changed for good
I gave my son Hannibal an elephant [Shug Avery]
He gave me Rome for mothers day But singing the blues
My strength flows ever on Oh sister, have I got news for you
My son Noah built New/Ark and I'm somethin'
I stood proudly at the helm
As we sailed on a soft summer day I hope you think
I turned myself into myself and was
Jesus That you're somethin' too
Men intone my loving name
All praises All praises [Moana]
I am the one who would save I will carry you here in my heart

I sowed diamonds in my backyard You'll remind me


My bowels deliver uranium
The filings of my fingernails are That come what may
Semi-precious jewels
My nose giving oil to the Arab world I know the way
I am so hip even my errors are correct
I sailed west to reach east and had to round I am Moana!
off [Shug Avery]
The earth as I went But singing the blues
The hair from my head thinned and gold was Oh sister, have I got news for you
laid
Across three continents I'm somethin'

I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so I hope you think


surreal
I cannot be comprehended except by my
permission That you're somethin' too
I meanIcan fly
Like a bird in the sky

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