𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝘁𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 --

Genre-bending poem/dance/stage art, Shange's classic has been richly interpreted, but how does its original text read?

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