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Boys like us walk by and we shake our heads in disgust

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Look at that queen!

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That woman!

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That cunt!

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Disgusted at images that mirror back at and between us

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we don't find ourselves worthy

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as objects of our own lust

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Are we the kind of boys we want?

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Are we the kind of boys we want?

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Are we the kind of boys we want?

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And if not?

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who will have we?

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who will have we

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who will have we

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if we wont have us?

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who will have we if we wont have us?

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I like men masculine men like a man's man

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i sorta compress what i'm looking for

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i wouldn't feel comfortable dating someone who's feminine

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masculine men can be flamboyant as well

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p diddy's a perfect example

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titles kind of mess us up

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like how we interact with each other

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how we get along with one another

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operative word being "get along" with one another

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i think that is predicated on how we perceive masculinity and femininity

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If we are not the

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muscle fitted

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doo rag wearing

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shoulders sturdy

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broad and daring

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if we are not the baritone speaking

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block motion reaching

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testerone jeering

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black

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butch

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men

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if we are not

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if instead we are

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limp wrested

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high pitched

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circular in motion

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and dressed with good stitch

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if instead we are emotionative

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and outward

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bodies human and beautiful

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in imperfect design

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if we like to cook

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to read

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to snap

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to snap

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to snap!

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to snap!

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to snap!!!

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or to cry

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but you

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but me

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but we

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but I?

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are we the kind of boys we want?

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alright so, would u date you?

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Um.. would u date yourself?

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I would not date myself?

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I wouldn't date myself

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No.

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would u date you?

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I would?

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what about you, would u date yourself?

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Yes (Laughs)

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Would u date you?

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yes.

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okay tell me more about that

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i mean, its just a yes

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i mean we have the same things in common

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it means our personalities click

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and that means that it's game

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i would love to meet someone with the standards that i have

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and with the outlook with the outlook

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the feeling of freedom that i Have

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I know I look good on sight

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so if i see me

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I'm like God leee!!!

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I don't know

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cause like i i think i got some stuff i need to work on for myself

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but i think, like i said before, if i dated myself being another person

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i would have to have a really good understanding of myself

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i would really have to spend time with myself and learn myself

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now would u date you?

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I'd date a more masculine version of me

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I would date myself

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obviously you would

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no

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knowing how I am now i would date myself

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I'd probably get into a lot of fights with myself

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we sit stare out like vultures in need

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what drives this desire for the masculinity

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of which we feed?

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um a few years ago i would have said that

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i would have never dated another feminine guy

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but..i guess..i've become in touch with myself more

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and i realize you know there are other guys like me

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and being that im a good person

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i think i'd probably be missing out on someone else

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so i open the door to anything

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I don't care if you're a top bottom or verse

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it shouldn't really matter if you're masculine or feminine

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if I like you I like you,

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but in our community that's not the case

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You know as a top, you're supposed to be masculine?

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Are we the kind of boys we want?

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Are we the kind of boys we want?

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Are we the kind of boys we want?

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and if not?

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who will have we?

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who will have we?

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who will have we

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if we won't have us?

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who will have we

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if we wont have us?

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My name is Anthony Antoine

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and sadly I was never the type of boy i want,

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thankfully i grew up,

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and i'm definitely the type of man I want

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My name is Chase Andrews,

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and I am the kind of man I want

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I think.

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My name is Orlando Montford,

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and I am working up to becoming the kind of boy I want

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My name Is Darian Aaron,

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and I am the kind of man i want

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When I hear this poem,

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"Are we the kind of boys we want"

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I think about all of the kinds of boys that i have been

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trying to get the boy that i want

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i've been all the boys in the poem

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and now i'm just me

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and my name is Khalid.

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and I am the kind of boy that i want

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When i hear this poem

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i think of all the beautiful boys

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waiting to be loved

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my name is Anye Elite,

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and finally, I am the man that i want

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my name is Tobias,

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and i might just be the kind of man i want!

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Circular in motion and dressed with good stitch laughing (Ok)

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You can't laugh!

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Block motion reaching...

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do that one more time

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stop stepping out of the camera!

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What are you doing?!

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It just that your laughing at me man!

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Read!

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To snap!

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Or to lie!!

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Do it again do it again

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Say it again, what's the line?

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we may like to cook to read to snap or to cry

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Oh to cry?

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Did you say lie or did i?

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Naw i didn't say it

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oh okay give me the line again!

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what drives this mas..ugh

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My name is Yolo Akili

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and when i first wrote this poem

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I was not the kind of boy that I want

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however it feels good to say in this present moment

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that I am the kind of man that i want

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and I want to invite you

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whoever you are

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or wherever you are

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To Become What You Desire