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ebony maw

from Ebony Maw - EP by Davis

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someone once told me the grass was much greener
was it Macy Gray or Dumile
false knowledge either way
cause both sides is where them yellow bellied serpents lay
reshuffle these cards its a bad hand of spades
and i been tryna call a misdeal since i seen Emmett Till's swollen face
first place in the war for race
stay studying mysteries
bread crumbed clues to absolve ourselves from this bastardized history
like hot breath to listerine
wipe the slate clean
fuck i know about stability
i was taught to find strength in fragility
diamonds out of dust pearls produced from the obscene
i am quite simply a beautiful thing
born of pressure and erosion
gotta mouth full of locusts
im the 10th plague
mark the front door red but left the back door open
this horse will not be broken and the ebony maw has spoken
a black hole with tetsuo's chagrin
omnivorous never full never content
consuming all that's yours with a Kerry James Marshall grin
vampiric maneuvers this Blade at a blood rave
you infatuated with peons i been studying giants
children of jotunheim
masters of rhythm and rhyme
will not shuck and jive for any crackers dime or dollar
you green like collards i'm a well versed street scholar
from a city of card cracker and car jackers
ain't no mc of my stature
any thought otherwise is ass backwards
objections ain't tolerated
till all my peoples liberated
the world is yours
incarcerated scarfaces

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from Ebony Maw - EP, released August 21, 2020
produced by Malci
vocals by Davis
lyrics by Davis
mixed/mastered by Ruby Watson

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Davis Chicago, Illinois

eastside chicago wordsmith. the Ebony Maw is open.

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mgmt: frances farlee (fcfarlee@gmail.com)

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