How many prayers do I have to give?
All mine were answered
Ain’t that a bitch?
Tell ‘em meet you at the wishing well
toss em in like a coin you found
Tossed Out
(Tossed Out)
Walked out
(Walked Out)
Motherfucking
(Fuck)
Lost out
(Damn)
Getting the Fucking Fuck Out
You say it’s “We” but it’s little “i’s”
Lowercase people on ant-piles
Dance off the shame
Shake off the lames
Make peace with the doubt
out of pocket
out of step
out of bounds
Let Go
Of the dogma
Of the Kharma
Of the stress
A mantra
Of not knowing
What comes next
It
All
Takes
So
Long
Took the time
To unfuck my brain
(Give me some grace)
Ugly Truth
Not a pretty pain
(Go fix your shit)
Just needed
Bit of time away
(A quiet place)
Don't need your "love"
Don't want your "grace"
I've always felt so fucking out of place
A black sheep amidst the herd
Never willing to accept the "Living Word"
A thorny branch on the vine
You cut it down for stepping out of line
I've been reborn I've been washed clean
How come you never accepted me?
Wonderful dramatic opening, the voice of a black woman in all her honesty, vulnerability and openess. And then one of the fiercest tracks of Zulu, total hardcore: 'Now they are through with me', full of twists and turns, and suddenly ending in a kind of soul-track, brilliant! This is 21st century music at it's best. The end lecture is dramatic and disturbing, spoken again by a black woman. Makes you think. Hesperus