Welfare Queen

Black Pearl

Precious Jam Gemstone

Rose Black Pearl

The term "welfare queen" is not a person, but a political ghost conjured to justify systemic cruelty. This collection of poems seeks to lay that ghost to rest by giving voice to the women it was designed to silence. Through these verses, I step beyond the cheap caricature and into the lives behind the label—lives marked not by greed, but by the quiet, tireless work of survival. This is not a celebration of a title, but an excavation of its damage, a reclaiming of dignity from the ruins of a stereotype. It is an invitation to see the faces and hear the stories of those who were never meant to have either. LYRICS ARE DISPLAYED ON APPLE MUSIC  ...