"Ego Tripping"

In her poem, Nikki Giovanni takes on the voice of the mother of powerful people and wonders of the world, who explains that "there may be a reason why" she can afford to take an ego trip.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Poetry, poemcrazy, Nikki-Rosa, We Real Cool, Fast Break, Identity, Ego Tripping, Hanging Fire, odes, Sonnet 18, In Response to Executive Order 9066, Young, Poetry Cafe, poems by Nikki Giovanni