I grew up where the mailman miserable
Your neighbors zombies & your preacher cynical
He's a copy and she’s invisible
draw your smile on
drink your coffee
drink your coffee
how’s the kids
gee rather costly
be transparent
I’d rather off me
sanity for sale
great let’s go shopping
I want a Birkin like all the mommies
I want an ass like all the barbies
credit card maxed but dad will spot me
I got a couple more volumes on me
Did a few lines 'for my granny caught me
Divorce is typical
Drug permissible
Friends conditional
Sex a given too
Unless you’re different dude
Then you’re fucking pitiful
How could a little brown kid fit in
With a bitch allowance that’s equal in
percentage to a dog
How is it little Jenny’s mom doesn’t notice that daughter
sucking dick while she’s going for a jog
Meanwhile I’m somewhere in the smallest apartment in the whole town sending prayers to the lord that I’ll be here less often or move to New York then I’m off this they wouldn’t notice I was gone
The token black kid
oh she’s ratchet
Who’s she mad at
heard she smacked him
we should ask her
Bout all this black stuff
Like gangster rapping
Or braids and trapping
Close to snapping
& That’s why I’m not
Interactive I’m introverted
So you can actually
Suck my black dick
I’m melanated &
proudly nappy
Mama used to pray for the days
She’d no longer be a slave
To the shit that they raise
Little African American babies
To aim for
Like simple being paid by the government
stay home suffering
No job
Hustling
No father to bring
Ample disciple
Wages minimum
Why’s he giggling
Have some Ritalin
Poor, black Synonyms
Then again
Let’s get rid of them
Rent keeps tripling
Sickening
No white picket fence
Let’s pit them against
Themselves
They’ll keep picketing
They ain’t listening
More Flint Michigan’s
Throw this bill at them
They’ll keep dribbling
More fried chicken &
They’ll keep nibbling
start with the men and then
Move to the women and children
Till they’re low class citizens
The brilliant Ego Ella May returns with the latest installment in the “Fieldnotes” series, full of searching, gorgeous songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 19, 2023