IN THE BEGINNING

In the beginning there was nothing, not a thing And the Creator said, "It is light that I will bring." Then He thought, "I need something to shine this light down on - Something devastating and indestructible -  Something I can put a crown on!

              So He thought of "female" to bring illumination to the night It later became S-G-Rho, but He knew then it was just alright Then He thought of what would later be  Z-Phi-B - It was just a "girl." Then He thought twice and said, "No, no,no!"  I need something that's gonna shake up this world!

              So He thought of "woman" -  DST it would become one day But it still wasn't all that, it was just OK.

            DST, S-G-Rho, Z-Phi-Bwould never step foot on this Earth first,  Never to be the original because they just couldn't quinch His thirst. Then it came to the Creator that His creation would have to be better than diamonds, rubies -more precious than gold. He began to create it and all the heavens and earth rolled.

         The Creator looked down to Earth and said "Umph, umph, umph!" that day Because there stood His creation, the LADY AKA.

                     Alpha Kappa Alpha started 1908 And as the Creator deemed it all others would have to wait.

                Alpha Kappa Alpha - 3 words for a creation oh-so-right And the "Alpha" sounded so goood, that He put it in there twice.

              Alpha Kappa Alpha - from her flesh all others came And after you see us break it on down you will never be the same...

"In the Beginning"

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Still I Rise

By Maya Angelou, 1978

"For all the Beautiful Ladies out there!"

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops.

Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don't you take it awful hard

'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I've got diamonds

 At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame

 I rise

Up from a past that's rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

 I am the hope and the dream of the slave.

And so,

I rise

I rise

I   R I S E  !

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