In the poem “ego tripping”, nikki, gives the outside world a window of what it is to be a black woman. She expounds on the power and beauty she finds as a black woman. Other than race, it's a woman's words. She tells us, (as if we could forget) that women are the creators of the world. But, even as a “minority” she tells the world that black women no matter what society believes, that black women are powerful,beautiful and can fight for their OWN power. Revisiting her childhood as a poor and black child she gives us a story about black power and beauty. Nikki, is familiar with that the world may view her as the bottom of the food chain but she differs. She tells whoever the reader is that she as in a woman, is the creator. The quote that stands