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Buffalo's Own
~ The Student & Also The Teacha,
In This Classroom We Call Life ~
Poet, Artist, Activist
Writer ✍🏾 Wanderer💭 Warrior ⚔️ Wordsmith 📓

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heart•break [hɑrt-breɪk]

: crushing grief, anguish, or distress

Heartbreak on Bailey is available NOW on YouTube. Link in bio.

Heartbreak on Bailey is a contemplation of the current state of the East Side of Buffalo, through the eyes of someone who has lived there long enough to remember the buildings, businesses and people that once stood tall.

It asks the hard question out loud, why does someone else’s better life so often seem to cost us ours?

First place winner of Kat’s Film Festival

Directed by: Alex “AlexSpeaks” Montilla
Starring: Lea The Teacha
Poetry by: Lea The Teacha taken in Buffalo, New York by @theteachasclassroom

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24 days ago

✨ Sharing my original piece "History Repeats" in Downtown Buffalo. A reflection on our history, our pain, our power and the unbreakable unity that moves us forward. Performed by me Lea The Teacha. Filmed beautifully by @luqburr 🎥🔥 taken in Downtown Buffalo by @theteachasclassroom

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8 months ago

Yesterday The People's Party heard "The Cold Hard Truth" written by me and performed for the very first time!
These are hard truths that the American population has to stomach before we can move forward as a society.

The old regime is crumbling right before our eyes and though change is scary, it must happen! This poem's purpose is to hold ALL of us here in America accountable so that we do better by each other!❤️

Our City Action Buffalo has been holding our local government accountable and keeping us Buffalonians informed about the corrupt behind the scenes TRUTH about Buffalo, NY for a long time! Last night I learned so much more about them and it made me appreciate all that they do even more so thank you @ourcityactionbuffalo

And thank you Buffalo, my home Foreva 🏠🫶🏾✨

Like, comment, share❤️
Thank you @soularwar for recording!!

#thepeoplesparty #ourcityactionbuffalo #buffalony #blackwomanpoet #thecoldhardtruth taken in The Barrel Factory by @theteachasclassroom

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8 months ago

Clips from the Open Mic at the Tri-main Art Crawl yesterday 🔥✨ i was so excited to see my friendsss 🥹 @keepingupwithtyliyah and @jayaquarious ❤️

After the Open Mic Brandon was playing some jams that we just had to dance to. When the Wobble comes on you know where to find me!! 🔥 After that Ty, Jay and I wandered downtown to Allen and caught the end of a Black & Latino Pride event🙌🏾💙💜💓 Was definitely happy about that. We hit 26 and got into shenanigans for the rest of the night.

Scroll to the end to see some snippets of the poems I shared at the Open Mic🎤 & COME OUT TONIGHT to Allen Street Hardware at 8pm to see me and other amazing artists perform and open for Jay and his AWARD WINNING ALBUM‼️🔥😍

$15 at the door. Im so excited to see all of youuuu! I love you 😘💕 by @theteachasclassroom

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Yesterday’s Art Crawl at the Tri-Main Center was sooooo fun!🥰 I met up with my friends like @ibelowekey and we went to visit all the rooms, studios, and people that I love like Eat Of Art, Bianca L Period McGraw, Brandon Williamson, Ten Thousand and others❤️ I also entered some art spaces that I’ve never seen before and enjoyed some incredible pieces visual, physical, and audio form 🔥✨ So many many amazing paintings 🎨 Saw the space of Bree Gilliam and it was sooooo beautiful 😍 I was literally in awww of all these spaces. Toward the end of the crawl @biancalperiod held an Open Mic in front of her studio on floor 4 and we had our own little poet meet up🥹🙌🏾 I enjoy myself thoroughly and it was so good to see everyone! The festivities don’t stop there so I hope to see you all tonight at Allen Street Hardware for the Distortion & Symmetry Show!👑📹🌟 by @theteachasclassroom

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I am really her❤️ Nobody can tell me different. I hope everyone gets to feel this way about themselves. If you don’t already ima need you to start popping ya shit until you truly believe you are that bitch/nigga deep down inside✨
#her by @theteachasclassroom

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21 hours ago

Still on a crazyyyyyy high from seeing @cormega when he came to Buffalo the other day🔥🔥🔥🔥👑 The way i been wanting to hear American Beauty, R U My Nigga?, Thun & Kicko live since i first heard the album back in college. The Realness was one of the rawest most authentic and poetic albums I’ve ever heard💯 It was one of the albums that made me fall even more in love with Hip Hop. Shoutout to Revolver Records and @philmissana 🙌🏾🔥 This night was unforgettable!!! The opening acts were raw too and man if I could relive this night again I would! Happy 25th Anniversary to The Realness 🙌🏾💯👑
#buffalony716 #cormega #realhiphophead
#therealness #realhiphopisnotontheradio by @theteachasclassroom

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For those of you who have never seen me perform here’s a video of my most recent poetry performance at 7 Shades of Art On The Lake💛✨

Sharing my poem “Fuck Your Ethnicity” which happens to be the first poem I ever performed on a stage.

Video Cred to my friend @thesoularsouldier !📹

Don’t be shy let me know what you think!!🙌🏾

#poetry #spokenword #spokenwordpoetry #ethnicity #buffalony by @theteachasclassroom

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I’m sure you’ve heard but just in case you didn’t! Tomorrow I’ll be one of the opening artists for Jay Aquarious at his Distortion & Symmetry Show!😍🔥✨ This is all part of Infringement Fest ! The line up is stacked and crazy‼️🌟 You don’t wanna miss this amazing show so come out to Allen Street Hardware tomorrow around 8pm! It’s $15 at the door and the show starts at 9!

Lea The Teacha is gonna be teaching some things so definitely come learn❤️ If you’ve never seen me perform poetry here’s your chance!

Thank you to Jay Aquarious for asking me to be apart of this, for being a such an amazing friend and artist! Distortion & Symmetry is OUT on all platforms and if you haven’t tapped in, TAP INTO THAT🔥‼️✨I’ll see you all soon!🥰

Second picture: @xx_ahrie taken
at 7 Shades Of Art💛 by @theteachasclassroom

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POV: You run into a beautiful young entrepreneur who is selling hand made and hand marbled candles that smell amazing!😍✨

Guys please go follow @nirvana_enlightenment_ on ALL platforms and tap in with her so you can purchase one of those lovely candles!!

I got mine🥰 Mermaid Tears in my favorite color, blue💙

Support Small Black Owned Businesses Until They Are Big Black Owned Businesses!!🙌🏾🕯️

#supportblackbusiness #handmadecandles #buffalony #supportblackwomen #handmade by @theteachasclassroom

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My very first Bailey Booksale was April 14th 2026 and Im so grateful as well as amazed by the amount of support and love that I’ve been getting from complete strangers who may see me on Tik Tok or Instagram! I especially love when they decide to come out and buy some books!!🥹🙌🏾❤️ It’s just been me and my wagon against the world lol. I use this same wagon for the Community Clean Ups😂

Shoutout as well to all the dope people I got to collaborate with like @bringjoy716 and people I got to vend for like @gnox.wav 🙌🏾🔥

Shout to the King that came through this past Monday and bought a lot of great classics 📚
I’ll definitely keep this going and you’ll also see me vending at some more events!

I also take donations! Looking for Black authors as well as Sapphic novels as specially requested by some customers ❤️✨ DM if you have any books on hand that you’d like to get rid of. Doing a some cool book events soon with some people so stay tuned for that! Until I see ya next peace✨✨✨ by @theteachasclassroom

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See y’all soon❤️ by @theteachasclassroom

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