This song is a beautiful philosophical narrative exploring a young woman's decision to abort:It was 8:49 on a beautiful 9th day of july.
There was not a cloud to speak of
so the orange sun hung lonely in the sky.
I lay prone in my cabbie home,
listening to fine nappy Jackie and his jazzcat's horn,
sliding in a tape of Bird on Verve when suddenly rang my phone.
"Hello Butterfly," a voice said. "Slip on some duds, comb out your fro,
and slide on down to my pad. The vibe here is very pleasant
and I truly request your presence.
A problem of great magnitude has arose and as we speak it grows."
"Damn, what could it be?" I thought.
A juice I bought and rolled on down to her pad.
Seeing bros i know slapping fives I arrived and pressed G-5
and there was Nikki lookin some kind of sad with tears fallin from her eyes.
She sat me down and dug my frown and began to run it down:
"You remember my boyfriend sid that fly kid who I love...
well our love was often a verb, and spontaneity has brought a third.
But do to our youth an economic state we wish to terminate.
About this we don't feel great , but baby that's how it is.
but the feds have dissed me they ignore and dismiss me.
The pro-lifers harrass me outside the clinic and call me a murderer.
Now that's hate. So needless to say we're in a mental state of debate."
"Hey beautiful bird," i said digging her somber mood.
"The fascists are some heavy dudes.
They don't really give a damn about life,
they just don't want a woman to control her body
or have the right to choose.
But baby that ain't nothin'.
They just want a male finger on the button
because if you say
war they will send them to die by the score.
Aborting mission should be your volition,
but if Souter and Thomas have their way
you'll be standing in line unable to get welfare
while they'll be out hunting and fishing. "
It has always been around.
It will always have a niche.
But they'll make it a privilege, not a right,
accessible only to the rich.
Pro-lifers need to dig themselves
because life doesn't stop after birth.
And to a child born to the unprepared
it might even just get worse.
The situation would surely change
if they were to find themselves in it,
supporters of the h-bomb and fire bombing clinics.
What type of shit is that? Orwellian in fact!
If Roe v Wade was overturned
would not the desire remain intact,
leaving young girls to risk their health
and doctors to botch and watch as they kill themselves?
Now, I hate to sound macabre
but hey, isn't it my job to lay it on the masses
and get them off their asses
to fight against these fascists?
So whatever you decide make that move with pride.
Sid will be there and so will I... an insect til I die.
...rhythms and sounds spinning around...
confrontations across the nation...
your block, my block
dreadlocks what a shock
land of the free - but not me...
not me
not me
not me
