checking out my history

• "dem tell me... dem tell me wha dem want to tell me" - repetition
• "bandage up me eye with me own history / blind me to me own identity" - metaphor/ alliteration
• "of mountain dream/ fire woman struggle/ hopeful stream/ to freedom river" - natural imagery
• "a healing star/ among the wounded/ a yellow sunrise" - imagery
• "but now i checking out me own history" - loaded verb