english: Today, a baffled lady observed the shell where my soul dwells And announced that I'm "articulate" Which means that when it comes to enunciation and diction I don't even think of it ‘Cause I’m "articulate" So when my professor asks a question And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion There’s no misdirected intention Pay attention ‘Cause I’m “articulate” So when my father asks, “Wha’ kinda ting is dis?” My “articulate” answer never goes amiss I say “father, this is the impending problem at hand” And when I’m on the block I switch it up just because I can So when my boy says, “What’s good with you son?” I just say, “I jus’ fall out wit dem people but I done!” And sometimes in class I might pause the intellectual sounding flow to ask “Yo! Why dese books neva be about my peoples” Yes, I have decided to treat all three of my languages as equals Because I’m “articulate” But who controls articulation?
non_english: Danas jedna zbunjena žena je primetila školjku u kojoj moja duša živi I izjavila je da sam "razgovetna" Što znači da kad su u pitanju dikcija i izgovor Ja o tome i ne razmišljam Jer ja sam "razgovetna" Kada moj profesor postavi pitanje A ja odgovoram sa konotacijom urbanizovanog predloga Nema pogrešno usmerenih namera Obratite pažnju Jer ja sam "razgovetna" I kad moj tata pita, "Kak'a je ovo stvar?" Moj "razgovetni" odgovor  nikada nije pogrešan Ja kažem:  "Oče, ovo je važan problem trenutno" I kada sam u bloku Ja se prebacim, jer ja to mogu I kada mi tebra kaže:  "Š'a ima sine?" Ja samo kažem: "Samo sam se povukla od tih ljudi, ali sam gotova!" I ponekad u učionici Možda sam zaustavila intelektualnu  diskusiju u toku da pitam "Ej! Zašto ove knjige  nikad nisu o mojim ljudima" Jeste, odlučila sam da tretiram sva tri moja jezika kao ravnopravne Jer ja sam "razgovetna" Ali ko kontroliše razgovetnost?