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White
03:12
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Can’t help being white
can’t help being not quite right
can’t help trying to fight
my destiny
Spend most of my life
tryin’ not to be an obstacle
but on the ledge of privilege
there’s no bridge to reality
I lose sight of me
within the limits of what I can see
Just want to be one with humanity
Slaving for the clock to get my hourly
what they say, money is power
It’s like a fantasy
trying to stave off debt
inside a pyramid designed
to limit possibilities
Meantime my body’s aching
time is dissipating
seems my fate is owned
someone else is in control
who determines where I can and can not go.
Oh poor white me
living in relative security
meanwhile on the other side of town
they must fight daily for their
place in humanity
Though I know
life is in accepting with equanimity
life must be enough for me
and that it must be good enough to just be
In the meantime
I drop a pebble in the pool of humanity
with hope the ripples
moves us toward community,
equality and empathy
and maybe even makes a place for me
one with humanity.
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A Loofa
03:04
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My dermatologist said I should get a loofa
and so I got one
I use it in the shower
to scrub with extra power
I love
to use my loofa.
Come on in the shower and we’ll
do a two-for.
You scrub my back
I’ll scrub your back
that’s what friends are for
Maybe we’ll scrub
something else
no need to keep score
Don’t look up
Don’t look down
Keep your eyes on my face
Don’t touch this.
Don’t touch that.
The loofa don’t belong in that place.
This is not the place to get flirty
We’re here to get clean
We’re not here to get dirty
I don’t think you’ve done this before
Leave the loofa on the ledge,
don’t leave it on the floor.
I love my loofa
You love my loofa too
Entertainment was on me.
Dinner is on you.
Dont’ look up …
Loofa, you are my loofa
Loofa, loofa, loofa, loofa
Loofa, loofa
I got your back
You got my back
Loofa all the time
Don’t look up..
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Pad Thai
02:53
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Pad Thai
please give me some Pad Thai
please give me some
Sitting by the TV
and I am so hungry
but I don’t wanna go out
because I am so lazy
But delivery
will be too much money
so I make my honey use her app
while I go take a nap
because I am a bad guy who wants Pad Thai.
duh
God, I’d like a great big bowl full
then I would be joyful, eating on the floor
Oh how happy it would make me
if Pad Thai was delivered to our door.
Sitting by the TV
and I am so lonely
now that she has left me
because I am so lazy.
I just can’t believe
I was such a dummy
and I lost my honey
for some take out that I did not need to eat
because I was a bad guy who wanted Pad Thai.
duh
P-P-P-Pad Thai
P-P-P
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Hide and Seek
03:14
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I run
You hide
I crawl
You fly
I’m brave
you’re shy
I ask
why
Where can I find you?
Do you look for me too?
You laugh
I cry
Your truth
my lie
The years
fly by
don’t know
why
Where can I find you
Do you look for me in you?
Show me something new.
Tell me what to do.
I seek
You find
I’m coarse
you’re fine
It’s yours
not mine.
I’m on
time.
Where can I find you
Do you look for me in you?
Tell me what to do.
Tell me what to do.
I run
You hide
I seek
You find
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Falsie
03:35
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Hey
Yeah, you
I’m here singing these four notes
over and over and over
might not mean nothin’ to you
but these days it’s what we do ya
I know that I am kind of risky
Never gonna be your true love
Never gonna be your bestie
Never gonna be true
But I can be your falsie
I can be your falsie
Remembering in your Bentley
When we did it gently
It’s about time to make a cute rhyme
song like this can turn on a dime
It’s perfect medium if you got
nothin’ to say
I know what I put you through
and sure, I do not deserve you
cause I wanna be your boo
even though I can never be true
like your lashes and hair extensions
and certain body parts not to mention
I don’t care if they’re imitation
they still warm imagination
I can be your falsie
I can be your falsie
I can be your falsie
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I, Phone
02:13
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I’m so hot
with my brand new phone
dope in the burb
trippin’ on the curb
cause I can-not see
beyond my giant screen
You can always contact me
long as I got battery
on my phone
My mackadocious phone
is the smartest thing I own
her intelligence is real
she knows just how I feel
cares more about me
than you ever will
If I’m not too busy with her
I can call you
on my phone
I am four inches shorter
‘cause I’m always hunchin’ over
my phone
Please do not intrude
on my phone-love interlude
I will walk right over you
Whatever you do
Don’t never ever get between me
and my phone
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On the Mend
02:55
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Every dream ends
I came to you
not knowing what may be
I can’t pretend
the things I can’t defend
didn’t happen
or don’t belong to me
Just want to talk
but I understand
time is a precious commodity
No one but me
can take responsibility
for how things are now
Only I can help myself
maybe it’s a new start
in a new town
where no one knows
my face, or what I’ve got
to live down
A lonely road
waits for me
don’t know what my fate will be
thanks for listening
I wish you well
time heals all wounds
so they say
Anyway,
only time will tell
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Rosalie
02:41
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Suzy only wanted to sleep with me,
but she meant that literally.
So I let her sleep in my bed,
while I was on the couch with Rosalie instead.
We didn’t get much sleeping done,
but the things we did sure were fun.
Rosalie, Rosalie
Our love is so good for be
Rosalie, Rosalie
nothing fits together like you and me
Before Rosalie I never realized
I could feel so satisfied.
didn’t know I’d ever feel such delight,
every day and every single night.
Every day, I could not wait.
Every night, I would not be late, for
Rosalie, Rosalie
I’ve never been so happy
Rosalie, Rosalie
nothing fits together like you and me
Things seemed so good with Rosalie
So I asked her to marry me
Her reaction was not what I expected
I did not expect to be rejected
She wasn’t ready to commit
So she was gone and that was it.
Rosalie, Rosalie
I’d never been so happy
Rosalie, Rosalie
must not have not been as good for you as it was for me
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Growing up in a small town
I knew everyone and they new me.
I saw meanness and mercy,
poverty and prosperity,
avarice and charity.
Then I moved to the city,
and it was all the same,
but no one knew my name.
Guess you see what you look for.
and what you look for is what you see.
You see what you look for.
Could be a wall or an open door.
Might be less, could be more.
You see what you look for.
Though life is filled with adversity
you can choose to love the diversity
Though life can seem to be a mess
you may still find happiness
Looking in the mirror I see
somebody who I like to be
Choose what you look for carefully,
‘cause what you look for’s what you see.
You see what you look for.
Could be a wall or an open door.
Might be less, could be more.
You see what you look for.
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