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The Anastomosis of Dr. Semicolon
Chapter 2 of 14
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Snake Facts

We slither and slide and slink and slam and

Hurt ourselves then don’t understand

We pop and we jug and we dis and we dat

And we can’t understand why we jump like that

You dis me so I kill you

I dis you so you kill me

We all do dis and we all sweat flack

We black on black like yellow on black

chorus:

     at each other--it’s a fact

     on our brothers--it’s a fact

     fail our mothers--it’s a fact

     to each other--that’s that

Black on black is the darker track

We gotta be up to cover our back

We brace our back and take up the slack

To back the attack--it’s a fact.

White man freed the slaves, so what?

Put us in the autoclave, so what?

We hold our brothers back, that’s us!

Ridin’ shotgun at the back of the bus.

chorus:

     Red on black--venom lack--it’s a fact

     Yellow on black--watch your back--it’s a fact

     Black on yellow--kill a fellow--it’s a fact

     Black on black, blood-curdling howl of racial feedback

     --it’s a fact