(for thulani & joseph)
i get inspired in the middle of the nite
when you make love to me
after i’ve held you & kissed you & felt alla that
i get inspired get cherished/ free of pain/
not knowin anymore what is dream/ but is love like they are singin
to me odawalla/ reeese & the smooth ones/ here where you kissed
me/ & i feel you/ i cd make it up again/ but we’re already musik
joseph roscoe lester don & malachi/ i hear em in our sweat
& nobody is speakin/ but the rhythms are chicago/ melody on the
loose/ when you make love to me/ i shout like the colors on joseph’s
face/ am bound to air like roscoe’s horn/ like the ‘cards’ are stacked
in our favor/ one slight brown thing bip-bloo-dah-shi-doop-
bleeeeha-uh/ refusin false romance/
when it waznt what ya wanted/ or who ya thot
was comin/ but it waz real tenderness/ cant lie
i remember
cards always gotta have a full deck/ gotta have a woman/ queen of
spades/ like malachi slipped in wit the grace of nefertiti or eubie
blake/ this aint what we expected
THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
but it waz colored/ waz truth/ waz gotta rhythm/ like you feel to
me
i really wanted to be a waitress to serve em in a negress way/ push
my waist thru a tight black skirt & amble like a alto in bird’s mouth/
a secret/ too sweet to hold tears/ i wanted musik/ & they brought
love in a million tones/ & i am not the same anymore/ not any
more/ you wanted a sigh/ i made like a flute/ i pull/ i ease back &
splee-bah-wah-she-do-the-do-tso/ ring like a new reed cant stoppa
cherokee/ a jackson in yr house/ congliptis/ all round/
the art ensemble cd make ya love more/ cd make you love more/
chocolaté or miz t. in all her silver/ dont inspire me like i get in-
spired when you hold me in chicago harmonies/ & we waltz like va-
grants/ get up/ signal the release of pain/ scream/ sing/ then sigh/
groan/ sound/ make the sound that kisses me/ one note/ you/ make
me melody/ is/ is musik/ uh true uh/ yes/ musik is the least love
shd bring ya/ most ya’ll ever have/ you/ yes/ musik/ you/ let love/
musik you/ you kiss me like the sound/ we/ let love/ is the musik/
watch us dance/ & let the musik/ you take it all/ get the musik/ let
the musik love you/ close/ like silence