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Counterculturally Black

by Simo Love

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1.
I was born from the Leadbelly of Tina Turner Which was impregnated by the rhythm of Michael Jackson, my father Prince was my nanny Beyonce my final girlfriend That’s why she made Blue Frank Ocean asked me to marry him But I wanted to swirl with Chris Martin, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Tedder instead From my first breath I invented Soul music It was so pure that Sia wanted to Breathe Me And Aretha riffed off of it for years I built the first chromatic scale From a tete a tete with Ella Fitzgerald It made the world so dizzy That Dizzy Gillespie changed his name And Timbaland is still documenting it I’m so fruity that at 5 I told Little Richard to “Shut Up!” It made my Godfather James Brown scream with pride Minnie Ripperton whistled in delight Janet, Madonna & Gaga decided to fight I’m so sexy that Josephine Baker moved to France because she was that jealous And she left it in hell The Great White Way as well Cause she was that hot Yes Paris is still burning from our strife Liza Minnelli was jealous too She told me “bye bye blackbird” The Beatles saw that I was singing in sadness and wanted to keep the peace so they sang me into the sun But my Throne is ON AN island called Earth Wind and Fire Wanted to keep me lit up So they made me a star Nah I’m only ego trippin My dark twisted fantasy Happened when you heard this I’m stating facts (Laughs) And you too can be Counter-culturally Black The secret is that it is the color of everyone’s notes And y’alls blackness knocked me dead To this day, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles the only ones that can see me
2.
I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude Police brutality got me thinkin’ like Race probabilities Who do you call When you can’t call on the authority Mamma taught me never to use the word hate Bible taught me that seasons change mate Never thought the world would be in such a state Cops can’t abate how i feel They can’t erase these thoughts are real Take us higher Lord Show us that you can heal I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude Blacktitude This counterculturally blackness is real White cops taking another life They kill They steal the attention from the love this Black Lives Matter Movements makes me feel You may think that I’m truculent Maybe that’s true But this ain’t anger it’s an attitude to you I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude I think therefore I am I feel that’s why I think I know therefore I feel I grow that’s why I deal I see therefore I speak I speak therefore I reach I reach that’s why I touch I touch therefore I seek I seek therefore I learn I learn that’s why I yearn I sense that’s why I live I live therefore I give I give that’s why I love I love that’s why I hurt I hurt therefore I sing I sing therefore I ring I ring that’s why I hear I hear therefore I feari I fear that’s why I block I block that’s why we stop Mamma taught me never to use the word hate Bible taught me the seasons change mate Never thought the world would be in such a state Cops can’t abate how i feel They can’t erase these thoughts are real Take us higher Lord Show us that you heal I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude I ain’t angry I just got an attitude an attitude An attitude An attitude an attitude
3.
[Verse 1] People all over the world Let's come together We need some unity and peace among one another Here's what you do (drive) Just to let you feel (to) Release your fears and bring your mind to my point of view [Chorus:] Let's get to Rainbow Drive Everybody come together and just feel the vibe Let's get to Rainbow Drive Come let's go together on Rainbow Drive Let's get to Rainbow Drive You don't need no money, it's a natural high Lets to Rainbow Drive Forget about your worries, it's gonna be all right [Verse 2] Love and peace on Earth We've gotta make it work If we come together, I’ll promise it'll be worth The ride, new heights we'll climb Our time is too short We've gotta live our lives Let's get to Rainbow Drive You don’t need no money it’s a natural high Let's get to Rainbow Drive Forget about your worries it’s gonna be alright We've got to live together (We gotta live together, we gotta come together) When we do one unto the others we pay (We gotta live together, we gotta come together) Might change your life when you understand That you're only a shade away And to Rainbow Drive [Chorus:] Let's get to Rainbow Drive Everybody come together and just feel the vibe Let's get to Rainbow Drive Come let's go together on Rainbow Drive Let's get to Rainbow Drive You don't need no money, it's a natural high Let’s get to Rainbow Drive Forget about your worries, it's gon' be all right [Fin]
4.
You beat me down in history With your icons, expensive buys You may paint me on the very concrete And still with class, I’ll smize   Just like Mother Earth that is hidden within the beauty of my hide With the essence of my sisters whom Fell before me And also with their power behind me And still I smize   Will your “Art Pop” appease you? Will it keep you musing with “Glee” Cause you act like you have little interest In my ingenuity And still I smize   You may read me with your guns You may shade me with your guise You may erase me with your blinking Temperament But even in ghost I’ll smize   Will my transparency give you refuse? Will it give you your surmise? Cause it’s never been a mystery How much you’ve surreptitiously terrorized And still I smize.   Just like the Queens before I smize Just like the Queens that “Pose” and breathe I smize Just like the Queens that always set the trend I smize I smize I smize I smize.
5.
J’étais parfait J’étais parfait J’étais parfait J’étais parfait Swagga in my walk Swagga in my talk People hatin’ so much ‘fraid they’ll line me up in chalk Swagga when I move Swagga when I groove Never been afraid to let my hips sway too And oh Let them say what they say Never worry ‘bout the shade Cause I’m giving you rays And oh Even if they start to draw you Know you got a home on high Just beyond the sky J’étais parfait J’étais parfait J’étais parfait J’étais parfait Jaunty when I breathe Jaunty when I please Won’t let anyone take my jaunty from me Jaunty in my essence Jaunty no second guessing Living in my truth The energies living proof And oh Let them say what they say Never worry ‘bout the shade Cause I’m giving you rays And oh Even if they start to draw you Know you got a home on high Just beyond the sky J’étais parfait J’étais parfait J’étais parfait J’étais parfait When they clock clock clockin’ And you don’t know what to do Sing this song strong They won’t know what to do When the spook spook spooking’ And you don’t know where to go Let your swag give you power Be jaunty and aglow When they clock clock clockin’ And you don’t know what to do Sing this song strong They won’t know what to do When the spook spook spooking’ And you don’t know where to go Let your swag give you power Be jaunty and aglow Singing No scrubs smiling at me I don’t want no scrubs Till I see the Jes No scrubs smiling at me I don’t want no scrubs Till I see the Jes No scrubs smiling at me I don’t want no scrubs Till I see the Jes J’étais parfait! J’étais parfait! J’étais parfait! J’étais parfait! Minet! (Dance break) Let them eat corn Hua!
6.
Exhaled all the bitterness of my broken dreams in the broken air Time moved on as I watched my breath escape from me in a cold blank stare Sorry’s such a fatal word Punishment in this life absurd Flowing aimlessly in the world A rebel with a cause and the cause is love So I’m holding on to my heart I’ll keep holding on to my heart To my heart To my Heart beats fast enraged with passion History never dies Never dies Oh well Can’t erase the broken glass Sweep up the pieces and mop up the tears Dazzle in the distance twinkles in the night Dawn in the Breaking look into the light Dawn in the Breaking look into the light I’ll keep holding on to my heart I’ll keep holding on to my heart To my heart To my heart Oh When I little I dreamed of a world free from repression for everyone When I grew up I saw world was different and what is different is hated on So I’ll hold on to my heart in hopes that one day we will all feel free To be all of harmony and live out our wildest dreams So I’m holding on to my heart I’ll keep holding on to my heart To my heart To my heart To my heart
7.
Oh Well, You never really hurt me Le sigh, You didn't even try Oh well, you never did deserve me Le sigh, I didn't even cry There are other men on this earth for me and my heart can't your curiosity you're too high for all my sensitivity oh well Oh well, You never really hurt me Le sigh, You didn't even try Oh well, you never did deserve me Le sigh, I didn't even cry There are other men on this earth for me and my heart can't your insecurities you're too high for all my vulnerability oh well Oh well, You never really hurt me Le sigh, You didn't even try Oh well, you never did deserve me, Le sigh, I didn't even cry There are other men on this earth for me and my heart can't your immaturity you're too high for all my demurity Oh well It's so simp Cotton cand You're lovely Just tell me Let it come from the tip of your tongue tomorrow Is too was too late destiny is not fate like can make love with the right reci- pe but it has to be you and me Chemistry It's so simp Cotton cand Soft and sweet Explore your weaknesses Heart and mind Don't take your Time cause I'm Not waiting in line for Someone who Can't decide If I am Good enough It is so Simple be Cause I Am Ferocious The swagger of a cat Black as the Night vision I can look through your in- Decision It's so simp Cotton can Just fill me With your stick- ky and sweet Sugary Meek and mild Calm and wild Soft and child like dessert For my soul With you I'm Complete and Wholly full It's so simp Cotton Cand Just say what You know I'm already yearning for Love, peace, and You who are Happiness Joy within A package Of what I Have always Craved and crave It's so simp Cotton can If not Oh Well
8.
Those Florida waves Cooling off your gaze I loveding your face And all the negative space Youre too much And we’re in a time crunch The sun shading the stars You bought me a donut bar I lost my car You flew really far I loveding you For 6 years it was true The sky is not so blue Cause I felt you too You sniff a little bit I did it a couple of weeks ago legit You’re so stingy though To deny me the explosion Whoa Were you reading my mind? I thought about someone else My older self I loveding you The memory won’t go away I pray for the day That you will love me more so I can take paradise from you too If I could be that brave And I concede I’m depraved I thought I was a clean bandit for swooping in for your broken heart Chicago produced a Bowie museum And tears on my Iman skin Lovers separated by a phone unanswered You’re nine But I still think ten I loveding you Earth, Wind, and Fire in this Miami scene If a church bus passed by The congregation might think us obscene I saw a star fall after and before I let myself blow You made me feel like I was a cheap hoe I loveding you Je te pense you too. Virgo & Pisces forever I loveding you
9.
Alone 02:59
Ah Swirling like a cyclone I’m boundless and free Swirling, spinning and turning No one is with me Alone Alone I’m riding alone Alone alone I’m swirling alone Alone at the cemented waves Just driving I gaze at the pastel haze Just striving To get to a place where I be Just diving in the heat of ecstasy I wanna love with no fear And be necessary and clear I wanna smile from ear to ear And be necessary and clear Just diving in the heat of ecstasy Swirling like a cyclone I’m boundless and free Swirling, spinning and turning No one is with me Alone alone I’m riding alone Alone alone I’m swirling alone Alone at a dive bar Just yearning To hear a word from the star Just burning My heart with how deep and how far He sangs Returning the heat of his twang I wanna love with no fear Be necessary and clear I wanna smile from ear to ear And be necessary and clear Just diving in the heat of ecstasy Swirling like a cyclone I’m boundless and free Swirling, spinning, and turning Someone is with me
10.
Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) Been watching you for some time see The way you move The way your eyes speak Come a little closer to me Let me be your fairy tale Queen Beautiful body Sexy-exy smile Crazy aura African wild You move like Jagger and Janelle Monae I’ll be your Bey and you can be my Jay Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) Been lonely for some time see got the goods but guys won’t approach me I’m salivating Mochadoodle coffee Let me get a taste Of your cream Dreams dreams don’t let ‘em fade away I’m dreaming for a love that will never cease to slay Gotta take his time No need to rush to bae Bring in the noise And make it funky Beautiful body Sexy-cool smile Charming morals Ideal style You feel like a new Golden Age Got to cleanse the air: burning sage Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) This is not a dream Sitting in Barnes and Noble reading Vogue Magazine/ You sitting on the wood looking real fly/ I wanna approach you so I cough to catch your eye/ To your demise, I unleash a deadly smize/ We have protected eye sex Cause I’m wearing my contacts/ You wearing your glasses: You’re a 4 eyes/ We wear the mask baby Don’t hide behind your guise/ We wear the mask From here to Timbuktu/ I wanna make a more direct move/ I’m picturing us in Harlem We’ll ride the subway blue/ You make me wanna groove And take it to the stage too/ And at the Apollo You won’t ever wanna “Boo”/ Cause I got that smooth criminal Gonna steal your heart from you/ You can take me to city hall I’ll sign on the dotted line/ This is love at first sight Please baby Don’t take your time/ So gimme your love Show me that you got that swag I’m picturing wedding bells Just married painted on the Jag You got to have swag Out the woozoo/ I’m untamed baby Won’t find me in the zoo/ You might be able to tame this But it’s nobody business boo/ So gimme your love Maybe we’ll jump the broom/ It’s no secret: I’m into you/ I’ve been staring at you across the room Seasons may change but C-mo’s always in bloom Please Mr. Mochadoo Gimme yo luvvv Gimme yo luvv, Boo This is not a dream Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme gimme Gimme your love Gimme your love Gimme (AH!) x 2
11.
Get (It) Up 03:02
Sexy girl  And I know it Walk into clubs and I show it He keeps his hands on my shoulders Doggie Dog I’m embolden Yeah he’s golden good position Literally I’m working on my mission So big that you got me wishing It’ll come back to fruition Before you leave And you say (Sia) Lets do it again “You Lost Me” Fore the crowd goes wild I live for the applause Making you my one and only Never want it to fall You’re changeable Like autumn Keep me vouging Let’s keep Sodom leave Gommorah Got me soaring Got me soaring Got me soaring Get it up Get on up Get it up Get on up I’ got to stay on the scene Like a sex a machine Get it up (get on upa) Get it up (get on up) You got to stay on the scene like You’re a sex a machine get it up (get on up a) Get it up (get on up a) We got to stay on the scene like We’re a sexy machine Get it up Get on up Get it up Get on up I got to stay on the scene Like I’m a sexa Machine Get it up Get on up a Get it up Get on up You got to stay on the scene Like You’re a sex machine Get it up Get on upa Get it up Get on upa We got to stay on the scene Like We’re a sexa Machine The answer,my friend, is Me blowing in the wind The Atlantic and the sand ever been crazy Over a man? He treated me like I was needy And why’d I call him greedy Hating the song “One Night Only” Not fair that now I’m lonely I wanted to live forever Not worried about the fame Monster for lying This Trans woman can burn you with her vicious head game I’m still trying Been working on my tac- tics In case you were the one Backless dress got you zoning One more motion and we moaning Call me later that’s called phoning We’re high in the sky ; droning Keep you Slanging  Angling hanging sanging You’re perfect  always fine I loved saying that you were mine Get it up (get on up) Get it up (get on up) I got to stay on the scene Like I’m a sex a machine Get it up (get on up) Get it up (get on up) You got to stay on the scene Like you’re a sex a machine  Get it up (get on up) Get it up (get on up)... We got to stay on the scene Like we’re a sex a machine Get it up (get on up) Get it up (get on up) I got to stay on the scene Like I’m a sex a machine Get it up (get on up) Get it up (get on up) You got to stay on the scene Like you’re a sex a machine  Get it up (get on up) Get it up (get on up)... We got to stay on the scene Like we’re a sex a machine
12.
Golden Boy 04:05
(Whistling) Whistling cause it just got silent Where should we go from here? Sitting on a maple park bench Staring at the winking moon It’s insinuating that it’s time for us to harmonize I ain’t even gonna front I ain’t even gonna lie It’s glow makes your skin look gold Boy you look so fine Stars dancing to our impromptu show Stars playing hide and seek You’re my golden Boy Though I play it coy You’re my Golden Boy (Whistling) I linger to the accidental caress of those dangerous fists Nobody badder than you in the ring Somebody waiting to see What else those hands can do That somebody maybe me I want to be the one that warms you up when you’re cold Let’s grow old together but it seems like the time is now To go in for the kill Sweet surrender you felt it too You’re my Golden Boy Though I play it coy You’re my Golden Boy
13.
Love is abundant Love is opulent Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Love is fragility Love is felicity Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame You always do that thing I like PDA in plain sight Don't ever take away your gifts Excite me through the night Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Love is external Love comes from within Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Hidden treasures given From deep within Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame You always do that thing I like PDA in plain sight Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame Don't douce the flame
14.
It's Alright 03:17
What if I were smarter? Would I find my place in this maze called life? What if my skin were lighter? Would I be less awkward and be less of a fighter? Could I be anymore of an optimist? Could I see anymore of my future? History in the making And it feels so bright Got my shades on for the sake And it feels alright It's Alright It's Alright It's Alright It's Alright Alright What if I were safer? Would I be secure in my walk and talk? What if I were shameless? Would I be real cool and be super famous? Could I be anymore of an optimist? Could I see anymore of my future? History in the making And it feels so bright Got my shades on for the sake And it feels alright It's Alright It's Alright It's Alright It's Alright Alright It's alright if you wanna express yourself limitless like the galaxies we're all shooting stars it's alright if you wanna express yourself Be who you wanna be Could I be anymore of an optimist? Could I see anymore of my future? History in the making And it feels so bright Got my shades on for the sake And I sense it's alright It's Alright It's Alright It's Alright It's Alright Alright

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