Song Description
A SIDzCarbonatedMilk narcissism fable about a hometown boy made good coming back (hopefully) to an adoring throng. It is a latter day Beat scene mix of Jazz and poetry and is the 4th selection from "The Mune-Pi Parables" album featuring veteran actor Reuben Yabuku.
| Song Length |
2:02 |
Genre |
Spoken Word - Poetry, Jazz - Bebop |
| Lead Vocal |
Other |
Similar Artists |
Herbie Hancock |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Artificial coloreds eating artificial collards
Got a giant on the box.
What's that?
Ain't a dead gnat here to find
Got an axe to grind?
Well I got mine, Mississippi moonpie
'Stead of being injun, you a engineer smart boy
Shotgunshack ain't a fact in your world now
But-uh, howju be a watchu is
Without the "scratch/shuffle" end-and-around
...eating greens that ain't even from the ground?
Won't pick the cotton from a bottle,
But look at your roots and find a cotton-picking family
Of ground-grown, "poke-soaked, collards-coloreds
Dreaming of you running that end-and-around
Towne Cars and Cadillacs
Oh, you's way past that
Got a Lexus just to vex us
Come to town like a spaceman
just to find your left-behind's got their behinds up, too
"Hup-two..."
March to the drummer
Beat your past...beat it fast!
Get your goings up to Heaven
Urban jungle-buddy, sphere-chucking GI-Joe-beau
Oh black Walter, keep on shining
Mississippi Moon Pie-eater...wontcha keep on, Shine.
Turn behind and see your future.