Soul Food: Is Delicious Damn The Lies.

“A heaping helping of fried chicken
Macaroni and cheese and collard greens
Too big for my jeans
Smoke steams from under the lid that’s on the pot
Ain’t never had a lot, but thankful for
The little that I got” — Soul Food by Goodie Mob

My parents grew up in what we would consider abject poverty. However, because everyone around my parents was in the same financial straits, their perception of their own poverty…