mainsqueeze's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seekin' the Cause he was Dead he never Lived died died he died seekin' a Cause seekin' the Cause because he said he never saw the Cause but he heard the Cause heard the cryin' of hungry ghetto children heard the warnin' from Malcolm heard tractors pave new routes to new prisons died seekin' the Cause seekin' a Cause he was dead on arrival he never really Lived uptown...downtown...midtown...crosstown body was found all over town seekin' the Cause thinkin' the Cause was 75 dollars & gator shoes thinkin' the cause was sellin' the white lady to black children thinkin' the cause is to be found in gypsy rose or j.b. or dealin' wacky weed and singin' du-wops in the park after some chi-chiba he died seekin' the Cause died seekin' a Cause and the Cause was dyin' seekin' him and the Cause was dyin' seekin' him and the Cause was dyin' seekin' him he wanted a color t.v. wanted a silk on silk suit he wanted the Cause to come up like the mets & take the world series he wanted...he wanted...he wanted... he wanted to want more wants but he never gave he never gave he never gave his love to children he never gave his heart to old people & never did he give his soul to his people he never gave his soul to his people because he was busy seekin' a Cause busy busy perfectin' his voice to harmonize the national anthem with spiro t agnew busy perfectin' his jive talk so that his flunkiness doesn't show busy perfectin' his viva-la-policia speech downtown...uptown...midtown...crosstown his body was found all over town seekin' a Cause seekin' the Cause found in the potter fields of an o.d. found in the bowery with the dt's his legs were left in viet-nam his arms were found in sing-sing his scalp was on nixon's belt his blood painted the streets of the ghetto his eyes were still lookin' for jesus to come down on some cloud & make everything all right when jesus died in attica his brains plastered all around the frames of the pentagon his voice still yellin' stars & stripes 4 ever riddled with the police bullets his taxes bought he died seekin' a Cause seekin' the Cause while the Cause was dyin' seekin' him he died yesterday he's dyin' today he's dead tomorrow died seekin' a Cause died seekin' the Cause & the Cause was in front of him & the Cause was in his skin & the Cause was in his speech & the Cause was in his blood but he died seekin' the Cause he died seekin' a Cause he died deaf dumb & blind he died died & never found his Cause because you see he never never knew that he was the Cause "Seekin' the Cause" - Miguel Pinero 11:44 a.m. - 2003-04-07 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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