Great God Almighty the black face the black
face still face down on the ground wham tap tap
thump thump thump Not okay for black face
black face black face to clown below sea level
Not okay for black face black face to clown on land
‘cause that boogie-woogie back talk don’t fly so the
black face the black face the black face frowns
something terrible & if the black face the black
face ain’t cheezin’ then the black face gets wham bam
shop-a-loo-bop rocked sho’nuff I’ve seen the black
face scraped down to the white-muscle meat sho’nuff
I’ve seen the black face emptying blood into the gulf
& sho’nuff the black face made eleven o’clock news
municipal fists going wham wham shoeprints all
over the black face thump thump thump shoeprints
all over the body thump thump thump The black
face a shoe-in for best performance in an amateur
video the black face never frowns the black face
be steady cheezin’ the black face put roosters out
of business the black body be on kitchen counters
the black body knows its place & don’t go nowhere else
folk grab the black body hang it upside down
palms going thump thump tap tap tap How much
you wanna bet the black body’s gonna add uhm uhm uhm
to stacks of buttermilk pancakes & hi-di
hi-di-hidee ho to scrambled eggs & grits thump
thump tap tap tap Black face steady cheezin’
body in a shitload of paaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn
no boogie-woogie back talk neither such a solid performance
tonight after a nightmare sho’nuff I frowned tonight after
a nightmare I caught you on the news tonight after a
nightmare your black face stripped down to
white-muscle meat tonight after a nightmare
your blood emptied deposits into the gulf
tonight after a nightmare the 14th amendment
fell through the hole in my lily pad
