STICK WITH ME UNTIL THE COLD & DAMP FINALE, ONLY THEN IS IT FINIS
ON THE MORNIN' LIGHT, I'M ALSO HARD TO RECOGNIZE,
BEIN' MADE O STEEL & BULETTPROOF, BUT JACK, GOD DIT
FOR THE SIMPLE REASON AND RHYME, THE RIVER FLOWS UP
AND DOWN, AS GRAVITY & CENTRIFUGAL FORCE DEMAND
HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU CAN WITHOUT HAVIN' TO TAKE
CARE OF SNEAKS WHO SNEAK UP FROM BEHIND YA
KRYPTONITE BE DAMED, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 'BLACK LABEL
AND IT'S NO LIE, DIDN'T BLEED & AIN'T BLACK & BLUE.
BUT ANYWAYS, TODAY IS TODAY, YESTERDAY'S MEMORY IS
GONE LIKE THE WIND BEHIND MY SUPERMAN CAPE
I NEED A SHOT, LET'S GO DOWN TO CHARLY'S & HAVE A TIP
I'M BUYIN' IF YOU'RE DRIVIN', & IF YA GET DRUNK, IT'S TAXI
AND THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL IT ALL BE OK, TUCKED IN BED
WITHOUT A HONEY TO BREAK THE SILENCE, NEXT DAY, IXNAY
FREAKS OR JUST EXACT REPLICAS OF SOME DEAD GRANDDAD
EITHER WAY, WITHOUT THE WOMEN, WE'D BE EXTINCT, YEA?
PERIODS COME & GO, LIKE ANIMALS' GENDERS WITHOUT CAUSE
JUST A MOCKING OF 1ST PALS WHO NEVER GOT THEIR BALLS
GODS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT ANY LONGER, I'M WHAT IT IS
NOT, BOTTOM LINE, IT'S COMIN' TO END, LIKE OR NOT, AFORE
JACK DANIELS HELPS A BIT WITH THE MEMORY OF THE PLIGHT
BROKEN IN TWO, YOU JUST FORGET ABOUT IT, HARD TO FIGHT
STILL AIN'T BLACK & BLUE, THEM 4 GUYS ARE RUNNIN' AWAY
FOR THE COPS, THEY'VE NEVER GOTTEN WHOOPED LIKE TODAY.
AIN'T MUCH LONGER NO MATTER WHAT DAY IT IS, JUST SHRUG
THE REASON FOR THE RHYME IS RANDOM FORTUNE, YOU EGG
LUCKY YOUR FATHER HAD THE WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE TO END
YOUR MOTHER'S VIRGINITY, IF ANY AT ALL, HYMAN WISE BEND
NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS AT ALL, JUST THE FACTS TO THE MEN
WHO KNOW NOTHING BEFORE THEIR MOTHERS' PAINS, A DOZEN
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW, WE ALL KNOW IT, DEEPER THAN BLUE FELT
FROM THE 7 HOLES IN OUR HEADS & OTHER TWO BELOW BELT.
OF NO VALUE THAT FREEDOM HAS NO VALUE TO THE SLAVE'S ID
DON'T CARE ABOUT LIBERTY, IT'S HARD & COLD, WHAT GOD DID
MADE THE THINGS THEN ABANDONED THINGS, SURPRISED ENDED
IN THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS TO SAY, GOD'S SO SORRY, HE IS
NO LYING TO US ANYWAY, WE'VE JUST GOT EARTH & THAT'S HIS
COLD & DAMP NEW YORK CITY AND CHICAGO TO OL' FUNKY L.A.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT HITS, RIGHT & LEFT, IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.
ANOTHER PERFECT DAY, I LOVE L.A. A RANDY NEWMAN REGARD
ALL THE WEATHER THAT THE EQUATOR WOBBLES FOR, A BALL
KID KNEW IT ALL ALONG, IMPERIAL HWY & SANTA MONICA BLVD
MORE FOR SHOW THAN FOR THE GOOD & BAD TO KNOW, IT ALL
IS IN FRONT OF THE EYES OF THE ONES WHO SEE THINGS BLIND
FOLLOWING YOU LIKE ANGELS BEHIND THE SIGHTLESS TARP
NOT MANY BUT THE FEW SHARP DRESSED MEN WHO DRESS UP
IN TOPS & BOTTOMS TO THE SHOES OR COWBOY BOOTS' KIND.
by
r j j stephan, i
c. Mardi, Rocktober XIIIth in the year MMXXVI Anno Domini
{ Drafted before the Sacramento & Portland scrap it out, the Kings vs. the Trailblazers will see whose SCOUTS of the NBA made their owners proud to pay the payroll to the PRODUCT! }
F I N I S
W.W.A.R.D.?
Meadowlark Lemon | |
|---|---|
Lemon with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1975 | |
| Born | Meadow George Lemon III[1] April 25, 1932 |
| Died | December 27, 2015 (aged 83) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupations | Basketball player, actor, minister |
| Known for | The Harlem Globetrotters |
| Spouse | Cynthia Lemon (m. 1994–2015) |
| Children | 10 |

