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    In the Face of Adversity a Black Man Triumphs
    In the Face of Adversity a Black Man Triumphs
    In the Face of Adversity a Black Man Triumphs
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    In the Face of Adversity a Black Man Triumphs

    By Asaad Davis

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    ITFOAABMT is about love and what to do with your feelings, growth, development, being black in America and everything in between. A selection of newly written poems and poems from the archives, In The Face Of Adversity tackles what it means to be a man and how to overcome struggles.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJun 28, 2022
    ISBN9781669815761
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      In the Face of Adversity a Black Man Triumphs - Asaad Davis

      Copyright © 2022 by Asaad Jahbree Davis.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 06/28/2022

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      CONTENTS

      Act 1: Childhood Games

      Rock, Paper, Scissors

      Simon Says

      Hide n Seek

      You’re IT

      Act 2: First Heartbreak

      Ily2

      My Question To You Is

      Storm

      A Word

      Act 3: The Skin I’m In

      Blackity Black Black

      Lost Souls (2019)

      Blue-Skinned Folk

      The Black Target

      Act 4: Awakening

      The Phone Call

      Heaven

      Be Still They Say

      Poetry In Reflections

      Act 5: Decline

      Gun

      Burn

      Breathing Is Harder Without You

      Ok, K

      Act 6: Resurrection

      I Call This The Go On Song

      I Killed The Old Me

      Rap

      Closing

      ACT 1

      CHILDHOOD GAMES

      ROCK, PAPER,

      SCISSORS

      I’m like paper,

      You take me and I am everything that you need and more,

      Mold me, tear me, make me fucking art,

      But God forbid I cut you back,

      Then I’m

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