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Mama Loves Maya: An Angelou Automotive Tribute

I know you think Maya Angelou had nothing to do with cars, but I beg to differ. Maybe she didn’t drive, maybe she didn’t even own a car, but that’s not the point. For she was the epitome of what makes a Motorhead Mama– having the guts to ignore the haters, yank on a push up bra, raise our chin and let our freak flag fly!  Here’s what the words of Dr. Maya Angelou words mean to me, in automotive terms:  (note: all of these drivers are female–guess which one is famous)

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may tread me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Paris Hilton Bentley Maya Angelou

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.

Tow Truck Girl Maya AngelouJust 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.

Biker chic Maya AngelouDoes 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.

Maya Angelou cars

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.

photo-12Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I’ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Maya Angelou TestarossaOut 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

Live Your Dreams Maya Angelous

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

Maya Angelou kid motocrossI am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

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