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I was known for I did the rap Against

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Rape a few years ago and that went

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incredibly viral when something like

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that happens you realize how powerful

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the spoken word can be and how powerful

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it is to you know talk about issues that

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maybe people don’t like to talk about it

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was really uncomfortable we got a lot of

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backlash for it at that time a lot when

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I hear spoken word pieces I get so

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inspired and sometimes and if this can

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help inspire other people when you have

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the opportunity to talk about real

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issues in a fun meaningful way do it why

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not hey guys my name is Deepika you’re

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gonna be watching me do a spoken word

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piece on beauty

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small hips big tits full lips Beach ways

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leg shape Brazilian wax lashes stop

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contour face panties in lace j.lo booty

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wait who defines my beauty stiletto

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nails fashion trails highlight gleam

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expensive face cream exfoliating rub

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body scrub pores concealed boobs

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revealed bronzed skin question do you

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fit in Boko fried don’t cry gotta let

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that winged liner dry curly hair what do

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I wear gosh I hate my nose got to paint

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my toes and remember those makeup tricks

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so that I ensure my Instagram clicks are

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we just a generation of condemnation

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obsessed with lipstick wait belts are

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out you need a kissable mouth sexy fit

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red bottoms lit Kardashian booty stop

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now and think who really defines my

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beauty shouldn’t it be me doing wearing

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looking the way I like what feels good

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for me what I define is right or should

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I allow myself to be swept away by

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what’s current lost in a sea of faces

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that honestly seem recurrent painted by

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the magazine’s paid for by the companies

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who get their money because from crammed

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shelves I buy their goods that sell

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these idealistic dreams of Hollywood as

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if that’s what I should strive for

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instilling a fear of growing old instead

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of celebrating the stories that can be

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told that dolls covers masks all the

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beauty that only we can bring and

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instead insists on painting an army of

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pretty little things huh that conditions

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me to be accepted because I follow the

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trend not because I follow my own truth

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that tells me to be free but wait

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refrain from expressing your

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individuality that tells you you’re

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pretty because you’re fair and lovely so

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I’m dark what does that mean that I’m

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ugly that’s if I’ve ever heard

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it but it gets worse because they tell

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me I’m sexy because I spread my legs and

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not because I spread love or that my

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self-worth is tied to how well I can

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beautify my body and not beautify my

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mind and they give so much importance to

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look in like a snack and what goes on my

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dress rack as though makeup and clothes

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outshine my ability to hack that’s I sex

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my body into saleable little parts and

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nickels

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to really feel and appreciate the beauty

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of the heart that gets us to fight and

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compare honestly these actions are only

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going to hold us apart because that

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fuels our self-worth with the

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narcissistic drug addicting us outwardly

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appreciation so that we can act out

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those pornstar fantasies that coerce us

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to sell out our reputation just so that

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some segments of the population gets a

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jealous erection for the day has life

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rubs off in their empty play selling my

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image just to make some money yet they

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still tell me I’m not good enough fix

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this wear your big lips stop I’ve

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honestly had enough if I choose to do it

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I do it for me and not because my body

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is public property and from today I

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decide that my ego will not define me so

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why hide those lines the lumps the bumps

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why not reveal your Achilles heel I’m an

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imperfect human and hey that’s part of

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the deal I want to ripe and gracefully

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live life fully love freely give

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graciously and stand confidently knowing

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that my looks don’t define me instead

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I’m going to embrace the imperfections

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of the languages and memories that can

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shine through our skin because real

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beauty is not exterior it’s found within

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we just did a spoken word piece it’s

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actually a very special piece to me

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because I’m in that industry right so

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we’re always doing photo shoots and

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we’re doing films or whatever TV and

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you’re made to look a certain way and

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you’re made to feel pretty if you look a

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certain way and then at one point I was

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just like what is this like we really

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need a question what we’re doing and why

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we’re doing it and there’s too much I

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think going on in this world that is

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just focused on your exterior beauty and

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we don’t spend enough time developing

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ourselves internally and I do it myself

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but I’m saying it’s not wrong to do it

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by it what I think is if you also spend

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some time developing yourself internally

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right like so whether it’s reading books

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whether it’s doing poetry whether it’s

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getting into the arts somehow because

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that all activates different centers of

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brain right so rather than just focusing

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on taking the perfect selfie let’s focus

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on being a awesome person a friend of

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mine had said you know this is awesome

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Bollywood monster mashup I had heard

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about it and then someone said hey why

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don’t you come and emcee the show and I

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was like that would be amazing the

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crowds were live the performances were

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absolutely top-notch to suddenly be on

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stage in front of these massive amounts

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of people this community that all shared

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a love for you know whether it was South

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Asian culture whether it was music

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whether it was the food or whether it

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was just having that community feel

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everyone out in celebration Square and a

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fair sort of going on where you see

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dancing and singing and all of that it

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was fantastic and then you know as the

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Sun set and there was those headliners

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that were really rocking the stage it

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was it was incredible and I know

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Bollywood monster mashup has grown to

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the largest South Asian festival in

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Canada and I think that that to be a

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part of that was just such a blessing it

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was awesome that’s when I learned about

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the MADD program from the artist

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Development Program and I thought that

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it was such a wonderful thing because

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that’s what artists don’t always have

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and that’s what it’s such a great

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platform for people to come in and

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really you know get shot like this and

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get their art out there which so often

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artists don’t have a platform to do that

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or the means like we don’t all have this

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wonderful lighting setup and these

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awesome cameras like for ourselves right

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I think that if we get into Brampton and

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really cultivate that talent cultivate

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and support that talent we can

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absolutely create some incredible stars

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from Brampton thanks for watching Matt

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lot more make sure you subscribe

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