“Black Kids Know What We Need. We Are Just Asking for Fuel.”
America’s National Youth Poet Laureate on why adults need to listen to young people
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6 min readSep 12, 2018
Like most of the experiences from my childhood, I don’t remember where I was when I heard the song or the name of the song, but I know the lyrics and why they stuck with me:
I see you dreamin’