THIS Poem is dedicated to black men who have a million excuses why they can't find a BLACK WOMAN.
lyrics
FLAVORFUL
Ain’t no need to look no other place
Cause we’ve got flavor for your face
No matter what your preference and your taste
You can find it within our race
(And it’s like candy...)
See relationships be like a ROCKY ROAD, so I’ve been told
Or even sometimes they be making you high, like APPLE PIE ala mode
Other times they be like BLACK COFFEE, steaming hot or COLA SLURPEE cold
But the love and flavor of my people is one thing that can never be sold
Why ? cause we gots so much soul...
See, sometimes I get SOUR APPLES when chasing after a WILD CHERRY
Having PRALINE dreams of her COOKIES N CREAM
And wanting to pick her BLACKBERRY
When some POWERHOUSE, who makes her SNICKER
Comes and gives her an ALMOND JOY
Or uses his BUTTERFINGERS on her PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
Making her say “You go boy !!!”
I tend to get a CHOCOLATE CHIP on my shoulder, but before it goes to far
I just remember sistahs are like GINGER SNAPS
And I can just stick my hand back in the cookie jar
And say “what shall I pull today? A sexy STRAWBERRY in a RASPBERRY beret?”
“Or a cute PASSION FRUIT, APRICOT who’ll give me a buzz?”
“With some BUTTERSCOTCH breasts, TANGERINE thighs or a little PEACH fuzz?”
Whatever I pick, whether it be lighter, darker, browner or blacker
I know it’ll be the bomb, as long as I remember that
“CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM don’t taste good with no CRACKERS”
So “Jungle Fever” is out of the question, cause my name ain’t O.J.
So give me some MOCHA or MANGO on these COCONUTS
Cause I’ll never, ever go the other way... Why?
Cause Ain’t no need to look no other place
Cause we’ve got flavor for your face
No matter what your preference and your taste
You can find it within our race
(And it’s like candy...)
See, sistahs come in all FLAVORS you can savor
From bourgie, TUTTI FRUITY to cosmopolitan NEAPOLITAN
Whether you want a half breed OREO
Creole FRENCH VANILLA, GERMAN CHOCOLATE or even TAPIOCA
To a mixed up MOCHA or Black and Mexican SALSA
Or even a Black and Asian ALMOND ROCA
If you chill on “BLUEBERRY HILL” like “Alexander the GRAPE”
Going “Coo-Coo for COCOA PUFFS”
Or go BANANAS for BUTTER PECAN sistahs in bandanas
And like em’ kinda SALTY with VINEGAR,we’ve got your stuff
From the SOUR CREAM AND ONION, round the way hoochies
To the RUM AND COKE, ALIZE’ and CRYSTAL tasting groupies
From the hot and spicy, CARAMEL, JERK, BARBECUE queens
To the sleazy SKITTLE, NOW & LATER ladies
And CARROT CAKE college girls in their teens
There’s no need to “jump the fence”, cause you ran into a SAUERKRAUT
Or a PINA COLADA, wanting your dollars, smelling like a two day old TROUT
See, from A to ZINC, we’ve got what you drink
From CAFFEINE to KHALUA, we’ve got JELLYBEANS that’ll do ya
From the GREEN TEA Goddesses, to Vegan WHEAT GRASS for dat ass
The “Mother Of Civilization” comes in numerous variations
Tantalizing your taste buds and BROWN SUGARed with several sweet sensations
From the country like RANCH, Earthy like CELERY
KIWI, BOYSENBERRY, PINEAPPLE and VITAMIN C, see, she be a REAL FRUIT SMOOTHIE
The perfect GRAPEFRUIT substitute, she’ll have you swimming in PERSIMMON
JALAPENO, Black and Filipino, Her SWEET POTATO PIE will make you feign, YO
Like “BUBBLE GUM. BUBBLE GUM in a dish...”
“What flavor sistah do I wish?”
Whether you’re a King or a Prince
Preferring a exotic GUAVA or maybe a QUINCE
FIG NEWTON, WATERMELON, ROOT BEER
PEAR and ORANGE MARMALADE all make perfect sense
Cause our beautiful BLACK LICORICE ladies
Out do all the rest of them
So brothas, there’s no need to turn to any others
Just reach in and grab yourself an M-n-M...
Ain’t no need to look no other place
Cause we’ve got flavor for your face
No matter what your preference and your taste
You can find it within our race
(And it’s like candy...)
credits
from P.O.E.T.,
released September 9, 2012
PRODUCED BY : Artus Mansoir
A renaissance man (Harlem Renaissance that is), TONY B. CONSCIOUS
is the personification of AFRICAN-
AMERICAN culture.
He is (amongst other things) A B-BOY, BEATBOX,EMCEE, GRAFFITI/VISUAL ARTIST (known as “THE GHETTO VAN-GO”), Poet/ Spoken Word Artist, Vocalist, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, VEGAN VEGETARIAN and PHILOSOPHER.
ALSO a member of THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION and THE TEMPLE OF HIP HOP....more
