African Dodger - Billy Woods

Nappy head, move to and fro

Baseballs is thrown

Don’t miss a beat you’ll be missing teeth yo!

Misery loves company

I be in the streets with my peeps don’t…budge

Fractured cheek bone, nose crushed

Countin' stacks, eyes swolled black

Head cracked, got el, his bread back

Detached retina

So I can see em' coming

Ya mans got jokes, ready the ropes

Worry not colored folk-

In the future- young move that dope

How’s that for hope?

Smile with face broke

Just a friendly game of nigga ball y’all

Star stripes, bright lights, carnival tent

Scarred and bent black bodies dodge and dip

He’s a vet you, can count the dents

Tryin' to make a dollar out these fifteen cents

Side-show attraction

Knuckle-ball fast pitch

Bulgin' eyes nigga wipe

That smile from your black lip

Three try, five cent

Palm spit, grip n squeeze

Orbital fracture injuries

Raucous laughter

Amputate the nose, save your neighbor’s life

Live target, side arm strike

Til' he can’t stand up right

Want-ads lookin' for lion hearts with thick craniums

Ace of spades, not racist at all no, he’s Canadian

Paid nigga pennies

For every tooth remaining

Good-ole-fashioned entertainment

Bring the kiddies!

Overhanded splittys keep them bells ringin'

Loony tune birds circle singin'

Nameless faces, framed canvas

Sub-human standard

A king barely waged

Hospital bed on the grave, if you’re lucky

Somebody grab a mop the floor’s bloody

Studies in depravity

Bring in the next able bodied nigga baby with agency