ALL That Matters…is the Torment
(Story Telling)
Twisted…
In YESterDAYS MISerieS
Broke
Busted
On our KNEES
Begging
“Massa, Please…”
“NOT me,” we cried. “Not ME.”
We’ve taken three steps backwards
Trying to get ahead
Didn’t answer the call of UNITy,
Or dread
LOOK at us NOW
Yesterday came to visit
We call it hell
Uptight brothers and sisters
Walking ‘round on egg shells
Tormented
Twisted up in yesterday’s miseries
Neglecting things long held dear to me
FREEdom? Neglected
Respect? Neglected
History…
Young people on the left
Done forgot our history
Or, never knew it
Twisted
Neglected history
Repeated
Racist attorney general
Repeated
Lynch mob mentalities
Repeated
White power rising
Repeated
There will be an azzhole walking the White House halls
Coz the alternative candidate was repugnant to y’all
Repeated
The Don is our president
Coz we put him there
Didn’t vote his *** in
Just didn’t care
As long as no Hillary
We were good with the outcome
‘Til The Don’s open mouth
…Left us looking dumb
Screaming
Strange fruit of the past…could be coming to stay
Marshall law…to end the frey
LIKE
WE don’t know what BAMN really means
LIKE
WE gave up our HOPES
OUR guns
And our DREAMS
REMEMBER your history
Our RIGHT to VOTE
Isn’t a “right” at all
An amendment…to be ratified
Lest we fall
Azzhole in the White House
GOP in control
Black folks marching the streets
Hasn’t that story been told?
Tormented
If you don’t know your history
You’re bound to repeat it
Too many of us don’t know,
Or don’t want to remember, it
Twisted.
(Story Telling)
Twisted…
In YESterDAYS MISerieS
Broke
Busted
On our KNEES
Begging
“Massa, Please…”
“NOT me,” we cried. “Not ME.”
We’ve taken three steps backwards
Trying to get ahead
Didn’t answer the call of UNITy,
Or dread
LOOK at us NOW
Yesterday came to visit
We call it hell
Uptight brothers and sisters
Walking ‘round on egg shells
Tormented
Twisted up in yesterday’s miseries
Neglecting things long held dear to me
FREEdom? Neglected
Respect? Neglected
History…
Young people on the left
Done forgot our history
Or, never knew it
Twisted
Neglected history
Repeated
Racist attorney general
Repeated
Lynch mob mentalities
Repeated
White power rising
Repeated
There will be an azzhole walking the White House halls
Coz the alternative candidate was repugnant to y’all
Repeated
The Don is our president
Coz we put him there
Didn’t vote his *** in
Just didn’t care
As long as no Hillary
We were good with the outcome
‘Til The Don’s open mouth
…Left us looking dumb
Screaming
Strange fruit of the past…could be coming to stay
Marshall law…to end the frey
LIKE
WE don’t know what BAMN really means
LIKE
WE gave up our HOPES
OUR guns
And our DREAMS
REMEMBER your history
Our RIGHT to VOTE
Isn’t a “right” at all
An amendment…to be ratified
Lest we fall
Azzhole in the White House
GOP in control
Black folks marching the streets
Hasn’t that story been told?
Tormented
If you don’t know your history
You’re bound to repeat it
Too many of us don’t know,
Or don’t want to remember, it
Twisted.