PAPA LEGBA AND ME
Let me break it down for ya, lessen ye be a damn fool ALL yer life.
Dis world ain't what yo think it is,... lease not what those higher learning folks tell ya. You want success?
You gotta DO THE DEAL brother.
Jus' like Jeptha, in the 'Good Book' (LOL)....he gone an' done the deal with the devil - 'scuse me - 'Yahweh' (whatever), to sacrifice the first person to walk through his door... for success in battle....turns out...it was his daughter.
She says to her daddy - you gotta KEEP TO THE DEAL DADDY ... do me on the altar of sacrifice to THE LORD of this WORLD. you gotta DO THE DEED or he take away the victory over ya ENEMIES, PAPA.
So...what's a General Dada gonna do?
KEEP to the covenant, bro. KEEP TO THE COVENANT. 'Cause that's what it means to be a Soldier of the LORD, who loves the smell of BURNING FLESH in his nostrils, ya feel me?
SO he burns her...ya know what burning is, don cha?
Jus' light the FIRE.... an' BLOW.
Called 'holocaust' in the Bible, folks. ...'Burnt offerin''...so the holocaust is "burnt offerin' "
Why? Cause the smell of burning flesh is pleasin' to THE LORD(Kings 2 :45 et al)..only we know what LORD we talkin' bout here, don we? Anyone out there havin' an AHAH moment? Have to SPELL IT OUT fer ya?
Hint - ..it ain't the Lovin' sandal wearin' GOD of LOVE , ya'll...
Hell, we all know that...don't be a damn fool ALL ya born daze, son...you gotta DO THE DEAL, see?
So in this time, in this BANK and SHOAL of TIME, (know what I'm sayin'?), we have PAPA LEGBA...
AN PAPA LEGBA - he know the spirits and he can GET THEM ON SIDE for those who wants to help the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD and his mission to make us ALL in his image.
An' we all know who dat is,...don' have to spell it out, do I?
Let me break it down for yawl.
Let me tell you a story. MY story.
Yeah, well long time ago was a writer, wrote plays and shit. Trouble was, couldn't write. Not for shit. Laaaame duck, ya feel me? Easier to trawl for Leviathan wid toothpicks.
I sent out the call...know what I'm sayin'?
The CALL, bro - that I would do ANYTHING for success.
And guess what? Mel Gibson , he read my play. He said I like what you wrote down here - it's about me...know what ? I'm doin' it!
Know what that play was called "? PORN NO RAPE TRIGGER. Yeah...check it out. Mel Gibson's bio mentions that play, and me.
Now, in rehearsals, Mel made it clear that I need to get STRAIGHT with the MAN, bro...certain things could NOT be said..."a man is a 5 billion year old tenacity of protein"...is NOT what the PRINCE wants to hear...dude. He wants to hear me celebrate his POWER in dis WORLD....
I listened and it WENT DOWN, brothers...can ya give me a "PRAISE THE PRINCE" ??
Mel promised to open the FLOODGATES of success.
But brethren, I could see MEL was a troubled man.
DEEPLY....in his SOUL.
He had DONE the covenant and he had to PAY UP soon 'nuff friends. And so, I went to the crossroads.
An' In Australia, this meant I had to go to a desolate train station at night...which I did, brethren...name of MARRICKVILLE...few stops 'fore CENTRAL...know what I'm sayin'?
Two railway lines...one leading to LIFE as ME. know what I'm sayin' here folks?..... an' life as a NOBODY.
The other, life as MEL ...fame , money, adulation...
And then , it happened that...well.....this is what went down an this ain't no lie....
PAPA LEGBA ; he showed.
He looked to me iike old old Koori elder. he had the marks of his ancestors all round him, bro, know what I'm sayin'' here?
He carried the woomera stick of the Kurdaitcha MAN...
(don' be damn fool ALL yer doggone daze, bro - accept the FACTS of this world and how it GOES DOWN here in the lower rungs of the al dente Dante ) ....an' he says to me..."What is it you want , little man?"
I toll him, I toll him...don' wan' no FAME or SUCCESS if it mean I end up like MEL...an' this was LONG before he came to the wreck we now see.....
I Toll Papa Legaba,..hey Papa Legba, in return for my soul, I wanna lead a life of OBSCURITY and NON-ENTITYHOOD....I want ME.
Yawl know what happened?
He delivered.
Yeah, let me BREAK IT DOWN for ya lest ya be a DAMN FOOL all yer BORN DAZE, men of dust...
.i don't serve the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD no MORE, ya unnerstan'?
I DONE WiD THAT SHIT.
Well, it seemed like a good deal at the time.
Now, I'm not so sure.
Anyone out there got a soul, they don' need no more?
Let me break it down for ya, lessen ye be a damn fool ALL yer life.
Dis world ain't what yo think it is,... lease not what those higher learning folks tell ya. You want success?
You gotta DO THE DEAL brother.
Jus' like Jeptha, in the 'Good Book' (LOL)....he gone an' done the deal with the devil - 'scuse me - 'Yahweh' (whatever), to sacrifice the first person to walk through his door... for success in battle....turns out...it was his daughter.
She says to her daddy - you gotta KEEP TO THE DEAL DADDY ... do me on the altar of sacrifice to THE LORD of this WORLD. you gotta DO THE DEED or he take away the victory over ya ENEMIES, PAPA.
So...what's a General Dada gonna do?
KEEP to the covenant, bro. KEEP TO THE COVENANT. 'Cause that's what it means to be a Soldier of the LORD, who loves the smell of BURNING FLESH in his nostrils, ya feel me?
SO he burns her...ya know what burning is, don cha?
Jus' light the FIRE.... an' BLOW.
Called 'holocaust' in the Bible, folks. ...'Burnt offerin''...so the holocaust is "burnt offerin' "
Why? Cause the smell of burning flesh is pleasin' to THE LORD(Kings 2 :45 et al)..only we know what LORD we talkin' bout here, don we? Anyone out there havin' an AHAH moment? Have to SPELL IT OUT fer ya?
Hint - ..it ain't the Lovin' sandal wearin' GOD of LOVE , ya'll...
Hell, we all know that...don't be a damn fool ALL ya born daze, son...you gotta DO THE DEAL, see?
So in this time, in this BANK and SHOAL of TIME, (know what I'm sayin'?), we have PAPA LEGBA...
AN PAPA LEGBA - he know the spirits and he can GET THEM ON SIDE for those who wants to help the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD and his mission to make us ALL in his image.
An' we all know who dat is,...don' have to spell it out, do I?
Let me break it down for yawl.
Let me tell you a story. MY story.
Yeah, well long time ago was a writer, wrote plays and shit. Trouble was, couldn't write. Not for shit. Laaaame duck, ya feel me? Easier to trawl for Leviathan wid toothpicks.
I sent out the call...know what I'm sayin'?
The CALL, bro - that I would do ANYTHING for success.
And guess what? Mel Gibson , he read my play. He said I like what you wrote down here - it's about me...know what ? I'm doin' it!
Know what that play was called "? PORN NO RAPE TRIGGER. Yeah...check it out. Mel Gibson's bio mentions that play, and me.
Now, in rehearsals, Mel made it clear that I need to get STRAIGHT with the MAN, bro...certain things could NOT be said..."a man is a 5 billion year old tenacity of protein"...is NOT what the PRINCE wants to hear...dude. He wants to hear me celebrate his POWER in dis WORLD....
I listened and it WENT DOWN, brothers...can ya give me a "PRAISE THE PRINCE" ??
Mel promised to open the FLOODGATES of success.
But brethren, I could see MEL was a troubled man.
DEEPLY....in his SOUL.
He had DONE the covenant and he had to PAY UP soon 'nuff friends. And so, I went to the crossroads.
An' In Australia, this meant I had to go to a desolate train station at night...which I did, brethren...name of MARRICKVILLE...few stops 'fore CENTRAL...know what I'm sayin'?
Two railway lines...one leading to LIFE as ME. know what I'm sayin' here folks?..... an' life as a NOBODY.
The other, life as MEL ...fame , money, adulation...
And then , it happened that...well.....this is what went down an this ain't no lie....
PAPA LEGBA ; he showed.
He looked to me iike old old Koori elder. he had the marks of his ancestors all round him, bro, know what I'm sayin'' here?
He carried the woomera stick of the Kurdaitcha MAN...
(don' be damn fool ALL yer doggone daze, bro - accept the FACTS of this world and how it GOES DOWN here in the lower rungs of the al dente Dante ) ....an' he says to me..."What is it you want , little man?"
I toll him, I toll him...don' wan' no FAME or SUCCESS if it mean I end up like MEL...an' this was LONG before he came to the wreck we now see.....
I Toll Papa Legaba,..hey Papa Legba, in return for my soul, I wanna lead a life of OBSCURITY and NON-ENTITYHOOD....I want ME.
Yawl know what happened?
He delivered.
Yeah, let me BREAK IT DOWN for ya lest ya be a DAMN FOOL all yer BORN DAZE, men of dust...
.i don't serve the PRINCE OF THIS WORLD no MORE, ya unnerstan'?
I DONE WiD THAT SHIT.
Well, it seemed like a good deal at the time.
Now, I'm not so sure.
Anyone out there got a soul, they don' need no more?
