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WOMAN AND MAN GOD MADE US (I AM THE AND)

You need me To spell it out
W-o-m-a-n-a-n-d-m-a-n
Woman and man were made by God, and me?
I am the And

It’s important we use the same language
Particularly If you insist you know what’s
Between everyone’s legs cause you heard a pronoun
Meanwhile I been with the straight girl,
the gay man, trans dudes, the lesbians,
hard and femme,
the trans girls and the lollipop crew,
and definitely know what a straight guy
needs to go right to sleep
At one point I may have known some bisexuals

Been around all y’all so let me tell y’all
You ain’t so special none of you neither
You’re GodMade
Whether you’re woman, man, or you the and
May God have His hand upon you

Realize with me this, you people out here
Fighting about theory and gender
When right there in God’s book
He is clear and tells you to keep looking
In your own eye for some timber
Before you look to your neighbor
Pretty sure that also covers getting into
Everyone’s pants
and maybe we could all just calm a bit down

Ask everyone what their name is and that’s about it
What more do you need to show respect?
Had so many trans people let me down with their
PRESUMPTION OF MY SEX AND GENDER
FREAKING HAD ME OUT HERE CLAIMING CIS
SO I’D BE VERY UNLIKE THEM

Meanwhile I been called it since I was 6
And always sat at the trans table
Every since middle school before joining
Up with FTM groups in 99
but Folks will just insist you’re An ally
and that’ll be that
till you calmly Explain
many ain’t never had any idea
What it’s like to be at war with gender
And your body for decades
hospitalization After hospital and who cared
Not so much singing about women-men
or people like me Who God made in his hands,
not much for the And

So I’ll keep it drumming it out
Singing W-o-m-a-n-a-n-d-m-a-n
Woman and man
God made us and me?
I am the And

If gender is a spectrum we all fit
If sex is real we all legit
What we gotta do is have consistent policies
Protecting women and every single human
And that ain’t there yet
Says the nasty trans people on the internet
Being mean and weird to Dave Chappelle
Being real with you, pretty much everyone
in the whole fight looking fugly and will be
until Ain’t no meanies for anyone

Until any woman can be how she wants
Including with only fems
who they feels is like them
Ladies want their spaces means
We could start respecting the Lord’s word
And start building doors, floors, wards,
competitive lanes, systems and symbols
for all those in between
Enshrine space for gender+
and what’s this?
Everyone has space to change safely
Particularly All us GodMade different, like me
Get people to stop freaking out and
Stop kids dying at the same time
Because God has created diversity

I see trans people seeking affirmation too often
in places they will never find it,
seek instead for safety, dignity, respect,
and keeping a thong on around a 6 year old

We gotta have rules like
no grooming kids for abuse
cause we gotta all remember sparkle kids
are at more risk for predators in schools
from like ya know teachers.

We gotta have rules so it’s better for the littles
That doesn’t mean no surgeries
just cmon and maybe make it
an adult experience and perhaps consider
it a lifelong journey or be surprised
when your body keeps reminding you:
it’ll do what it’s gonna do,
as God intended it to

Be not afraid
W-o-m-a-n-a-n-d-m-a-n
Woman and man
God made us
And I am the And

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