Niggy Tardust - Saul Williams

Intro:

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s with the greatest pleasure that I present,

niggy tardust.

Verse 1:

Niggy tardust

Grippo king, philosopher, and artist

Downright to the marrow

He’s the arrow through the heartless

Sunlight in the afternoon his shadow travels furthest

Woven through the heart of doom he’s bursting through the surface

Hardly nervous,

Suffice to say he understands his purpose

Threshold king of everything, a comical absurdist

Sometimes when he talks he sings yet keeps his high notes wordless

Sing along when niggy sings, without you he’d be worthless

Homeless, earthless

Venus heart and tied (?) up in the circus

Freakshow hear him speak so properly cuz every word is Measured against meaning probably skeeming to unlearn us Don’t you call him by his name, white people call him Curtis

Chorus:

When I say niggy you say nothing

Niggy

Niggy

When I say niggy you say nothing

Niggy

«Nothing»

Shut up