Mustard Seed
By Charlie Cashmere (2018)
On album Heart of Stone (2018)
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What's wrong, Uncle Tom?
Has Uncle Sam brought you down?
Has he made a fool of you?
Beat you black and blue into the ground?
They claim all work and no play makes your son Jack a very dull boy
But tell me how can even he play when Jim Crow kills his joy?
You work your bones right to the grave
Got bills to pay but all you have to your name is minimum wage
What gives, man?
This ain't no life to live, shit's bad
Keeping up with the Joneses is the name of the game
But you can't even play fair, ‘cause they got a head start
They're too far, you're outsmarted
Living two worlds apart
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Aunt Jemima, why you crying?
Your son's gunned down, on the street he's dying?
Gang war or a hate crime, who's lying?
Whose side is the Law on?
Bygone? (Buy a gun?)
Daughter Jezebel looks in the mirror
All that she sees is a sinner
Lights on
Clothes off
Her mind's in disarray
(What a shame)
She tries to believe in herself
But all that she sees
The only thing staring back is an ass
To the world, she's just a black body
They say she's just a big lipped, dim witted
Crass crazy buffoon
“Negro, you a nappy happy coon, fool”
She tells her lies on a loop
Indolent, ignorant
That's all she knows to do
If only this Nubian Nefertiti knew that it wasn't true
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
What's up with white supremacy?
Why they always try to erase me?
Confederacy, KKK, Neo-Nazis
Modern day thieves, slavery on repeat
Steal, poach, strip me of my culture
Whitewash me of my color
If my ideas are all so dirty
Why you wanna appropriate me?
Systematic injustice
Pure bred prejudice, it's disgusting
Ghetto mentality
Let's discuss this
Discuss this
Injustice
It's destructive
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Has Uncle Sam brought you down?
Has he made a fool of you?
Beat you black and blue into the ground?
They claim all work and no play makes your son Jack a very dull boy
But tell me how can even he play when Jim Crow kills his joy?
You work your bones right to the grave
Got bills to pay but all you have to your name is minimum wage
What gives, man?
This ain't no life to live, shit's bad
Keeping up with the Joneses is the name of the game
But you can't even play fair, ‘cause they got a head start
They're too far, you're outsmarted
Living two worlds apart
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Aunt Jemima, why you crying?
Your son's gunned down, on the street he's dying?
Gang war or a hate crime, who's lying?
Whose side is the Law on?
Bygone? (Buy a gun?)
Daughter Jezebel looks in the mirror
All that she sees is a sinner
Lights on
Clothes off
Her mind's in disarray
(What a shame)
She tries to believe in herself
But all that she sees
The only thing staring back is an ass
To the world, she's just a black body
They say she's just a big lipped, dim witted
Crass crazy buffoon
“Negro, you a nappy happy coon, fool”
She tells her lies on a loop
Indolent, ignorant
That's all she knows to do
If only this Nubian Nefertiti knew that it wasn't true
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
What's up with white supremacy?
Why they always try to erase me?
Confederacy, KKK, Neo-Nazis
Modern day thieves, slavery on repeat
Steal, poach, strip me of my culture
Whitewash me of my color
If my ideas are all so dirty
Why you wanna appropriate me?
Systematic injustice
Pure bred prejudice, it's disgusting
Ghetto mentality
Let's discuss this
Discuss this
Injustice
It's destructive
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
Living in a cesspool, cesspool
But it's cool
‘Cause I got the Lord on my side
Every day and night
In this No Man's Land
He is my helping hand
When I feel hanged
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