vrs 1: taunt(id) by dream(s) | i leeve earf abruptly | SPLIT SCREEN big mama | at de iron board | pressin my suit | CUT TO a chutch full | folk(s) weepin & wailin | SPLIT SCREEN charlie | at de tallahatchie | pullin me out | let us all gather roun(d) now | hey … in de lan(d) of together now | hook: & dis when we sing | a negro spiritual | & dis when we sing | & please … chirrun please make it pretty | & dis when we sing | a negro spiritual | oooo [emmett (til de remix) sample: were u derr when dey did what dey did to dat boy] | vrs 2: CUT TO me in bed | all in my feeling(s) | look to my lef(t) | & like usual | a col(d) vacant space | ponder de chatline | but dey be thirsty | nobody to be free wif | just a valley of dry bone(s) | in need of a thrill | lawd please sen(d) me one | who can put on summa deez bill(s) | hook 2: one who'll make me sing | a negro spiritual | one who'll make me sing | lawd a 6ft. who know(s) a nina simone song | one who'll make me sing | a negro spiritual … oooo [emmett (til de remix) sample: were u derr when dey did what dey did to dat boy] hook 3: come on & sing | a negro spiritual | come on & sing | & keep me outta de tallahatichie … lawd | come on & sing | a negro spiritual | & stop deez dream(s) of when i get dump(d) in & pull(d) out de tallahatchie yall refrain: yall say | hey … hey … hey … | [shondo wailin] stop deez dream(s) | stop deez dream(s) | [ & den a scat to get dr. rev. deac. a. r-rah bac(k) on dry lan(d) blk!]
from
tubman.,
released July 19, 2019
blinkety-blink-blink(s): Tim “Cream” Jones
boom-doom-boom: Jeff Harris
bam-bam(s) / bam-bam programmin: Alfonzo Jones
chutch-house: Justin Dillard
moonbeam(s) & nerd blk galatika ray(s): Shawn Wallace
bop-bip-bap: JoVia Armstrong
theremin: Alex Wing
flute: The Nicole Mitchell
night tallahatchie river wif de cricket(s) suite: from sir blk-a-lot’s android
blkgroun(d) & hand(s) clap(s): de maggot brainy-an(s) [Tina M. Howell, Mae Koen, Marcus Davis, Tiaybe Bledsoe, Amare Simone, Ugochi, Shamori Battle & Sis. Nay-nay Young aka Blessed Prayer Warrior]