This book of Poems , Based On A True Story is named Boats because it creatively expresses different stories and experiences based on the journey of an African American young girl who is trying to figure out life as a woman. These poems are presented as stanzas that are creatively designed to sound like music as you read the pages and use your imagination of what it was like growing up in Charlotte, N.C. being raised by single mother. This book will leave you questioning what rap really looks like and how it could easily fluctuate between words of inspiration to telling a story that has a boundless never ending perspective on what life is like for a girl trying to find herself.