Before she was born Shirley would kick so hard her mother knew she was aching to come out and fight
Her mother was right Shirley Chisholm was a natural born fighter She didn't like to be bossed and she wanted things to be fair
Little Shirley and her sisters went to live on Grandmother's farm in Barbados Life was rich with sweet breadfruit cassava and yams sunny people and the bluest Caribbean Sea
After six years Mother took them back to cold crowded confusing Brooklyn It was a struggle but Shirley finally learned to love it too
