Snake Facts

We slither and slide and slink and slam and

Hurt ourselves then don’t understand

We pop and we jug and we dis and we dat

And we can’t understand why we jump like that

You dis me so I kill you

I dis you so you kill me

We all do dis and we all sweat flack

We black on black like yellow on black

At each other--it’s a fact

On our brothers--it’s a fact

Fail our mothers--it’s a fact

To each other--that’s that

Black on black is the darker track

We gotta be up to cover our back

We brace our back and take up the slack

To back the attack--it’s a fact

White man freed the slaves, so what?

Put us in the autoclave, so what?

We hold our brothers back, that’s us!

Ridin’ shotgun at the back of the bus

Red on black--venom lack--it’s a fact

Yellow on black--watch your back--it’s a fact

Black on yellow--kill a fellow--it’s a fact

Black on black, blood-curdling howl of racial feedback

--It’s a fact