"Here's a piece of found art for you, you pretentious fucking assholes"
Written and Performed by Jesse Scott Genesius Wozniak 10/10/03

I read the board today, oh boy
A snapshot of my former joy
It's not like it's the end of my life, shit
But I gotta watch my back or there's a knife in it
But that's ok
'Cuz I got bigger fish to fry
I'll just concentrate
On the plank in my own eye
So go ahead
Write some play 'bout a fucking fetus
But don't drag me in yo' shit
I don't need this
Right now-there's another baby dyin
Right now-there's another mama cryin
People finna jack a plane when it's flyin
Halliburton gettin Iraq from it's buyin
So today, yo, I gots mad shit to do
So let me start breakin it down for you
Oppressed people everywhere, I can't separate
Them out my daily life, I gotta meditate
When someone's hurtin, yo the problem is mine
Gotta change up my life--identify
ÒThe average black male
Spend a third of his life in a jail cell
Because the world is controlled by the white maleÓ
And that's me-an that's a problem
So it's up to me, I gotta solve 'em
They hire a druggie for to be their commentator
ESPN's very own playa hater
Says he hates Philadelphia's great quarterback
Actually, he hates niggers because they black
But shit ya'll, it's just one example
I could give spit so many more you can't handle
As long as somebody's skin makes them bigger
Then I gotta say it--I am a NIGGER
But it don't stop there, yo, this shit keeps goin'
That's why I gotta come back, gotta keep flowin
Can I talk about my sisters, can I spit it for a minute?
I gotta drop some shit 'bout the state of our women
They're a majority, but they voice is a minority
An don't act like the problem ain't your masculinity
But I don't need to take out my guns and be flexin 'em
And I know chivalry is just thinly veiled sexism
As long as they're oppressed-poor or rich
Then I gotta say it--I am a BITCH
But let me also talk about class and equality
People fuckin toilin, ya'll in every fucking way
But shit, take a look around, I don't need to say
You people experience this shit every fucking day
But we got a better solution--it's right here on my chest
But fuckers don't know--that's why it's burned in my flesh
It's why I bust my ass every day to keep you awake
to save your blind asses form this mental time rape
SO long as they get more might from class
Then I'm have to say it-- I'm POOR WHITE TRASH
It's just like that ya'll simple and true
Everyone's fate is bound up in you
So open your eyes and realize
An' just give it five fucking second of your time
You don't understand what a privilege this is
That we can sit around and talk about this shit
But it's a privilege I just can't take
Cuz your whole damn world is so damn fake
So fuck you all, I don't really need you
I've got so much fucking better things to do
And you know what?
You really should, too

• October 10, 2003 - No Shame Cedar Falls
  

  Performed by Jesse Wozniak

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