Chic-a-go

where a chic-a-go blow

in the wind for a cluck

for uncle harold and all

his saucy manners dressed

in the mildest ways. stay respecting

the spiciness. spiced up

slight cuts/coldest

cuts from the pack/ back

of the trains. back

handed a train/been trained

know it well in all

our hot sauce. hop

throwing hips/twinkle toed

skyline rhythm:

a beat mixed/taped hot

dopest/harvest. kool-aid

ices mixing/maxwell dogs. a new

stomach to sit on. chic-a-go’s

go make that money

for the fams/frans

squads on t shirts. repping

their 10th family

reunion/repping all

jojo’s on the block. repping

all the time.

simeon and morgan park

annual championship basketball game

fast in all lanes.

rush hour home

panda express for bae

play some chance and ye

rap our hearts blue

til the light turn/ignition

red,

or yellow/we rarely slow down for

speed up. the air is too thin

to breathe/ we stay on key.

hold our lungs in sacrifice

to god/we pray

the sun shines a little

harder. when the calendar says

it’s suppose to. never go that way;

3 season past due/winters last till june.

southside heat/be blossoming into story

books and burning dreams

chic-a-go be burning leaves.

got sage/sane for the freshly woke.

more air for the toke/pull of cloves.

4 lucky stars/a quartered yard

shares 8 veins/trains.

minding the mildest

ways.