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lyrics

Hot-wired fences, and Columbine --
Tired horses, and bright sunshine…

Your mother is so mean and bitter,
a hitter, rarely spoke;
when she did, plain talkin’, God fearin’ simple folk.

Bringing your black babies to your mamma
was your rebellion gone wrong.
Feeling strong, as if you did not belong to her tribe
you’d jibe and swear you would not subscribe to her philosophy;
that though adoptive kids on the skids, we were your true progeny.

Lines of racist hatred etched on her face,
you promise us you will not make her mistakes --
But year, after year, you punish us three…
using that heavy hand, you’d go on a spree.

Heavy, is that hand; that wire hanger,
that wooden spoon, often breaking in half slapping down --
Heavy is that sound…
Heavy is experience difficult to endure…
Heavy is an unbearable sadness, and you are

the Queen of dysfunctional behavior --
Our savior, despite all-lovable if culpable
a paradox of a woman;
one day holding us to your bosom
sharing your wisdom,
the next, inflicting psychological or physical pain
keeping us all on a very, very tight chain.

We learned to survive heavy…
We could read your eyes, and their subtext at a glance
and tried not to chance your ire.
We developed our sixth sense
assiduously avoiding causing offense.
And though this is all past tense --
Heavy left its mark…

Yet, we carry spark and spunk,
we have compassion for you
and what you went through – and all the others too.

We learned how to break that endless, timeless circle
how to take the good and leave the ache.
We strive never to sink beneath the weight
of our shared history, and your mystery,
and so, we create, our fate,
rather than … capitulate.

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from NoteSpeak (Amori e Tragedie In Musica), released March 13, 2020

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Lisa Marie Simmons Italy

"Musically & vocally, NoteSpeak consistently changes, shifting from style to style – acoustic jazz solos into hip-hop beats into harmonized gospel vocals into electronic jazz and fusion into free verse rhyming – and yet seems to constantly groove... " All About Jazz Chris M. Slawecki ... more

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