Black Madonna
(lyrics)
she was goin' to marry but her man got shot just yesterday
comin' home from a party, celebratin' his love
red white nypd blue had a fit you might say
contagious fire, rainin' from above
black madonna, she is raging so quietly
black madonna, effortlessly she will rise
black madonna, waiting so patiently
black madonna, she is the eyes
she's lived on a mountaintop, 25 years,
every branch, every rock arranged just so
lets her dogs roam free, she plays her cello
gots her tai chi mojo swordplay down
her elder tales do abound, they surround me
she gives me Nina Simone and Betty Carter for my head
tells me about the 1960's
we talk politics after 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest'
talk about justice and the secret life of honeybees "the wedding" Kelly Rivera
chorus
her son was sent to war, he came home in a body bag
she's been like a ghost for days, pounds her chest with grief
she cries what happened to the cause we fought so hard
for, now to what god is it i pray? I say...chorus
