So Many Rivers (The First Time)
Lonnie Holley
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I, I, I, I helped my mind Back down so many rivers Back down so many rivers of human kind Saying I hear a baby, hear a baby crying As it rid, rid, rid, rid, rid, rid, rid the river on up to Little baby Oh, oh, oh, little baby I sung to those that had got so grown So grown So many of them had gotten so grown and sat up Hallelujah We’ve gotten so grown They got so grown until they sung Hallelujah And then I heard of those adventurers First steps, first steps off the river On to the banks, banks, banks, banks, banks, banks I said, little babies, by way of some reed, some reed, some reeds Some reeds from beside the water Started way back down by Somebody way, way back down by By the river A place called the cradle, the cradle, the cradle of human kind Some baby off on a river In reed basket In reed basket Floating away Floating away from the threats of death, from the threats of death, from the threats of death from the threats of death, from the threats, threats, threats, threats of death floating away I thought about deep down in Africa I thought about the river and the reeds that growed along See a lot of humans don’t know that the Nile is a river that starts way down, way down Below the Congo, way down in the jungle Way down below the Congo Way past Ethiopia The Nile is a river is that water runs up instead of down Down Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey To an explorer, I can hear them say Come by, come by, come by, come by here my Lord To the explorers trying to find a way To organize words just to see, yeah This is the (be??), this is the (be??) What we found to be evidence of human kind This be the way of Hallelujah This be the making of words From the predecessors From who we call our ancestors From the anointed one Oh, my, my, my, my My, my, my, my, my many brains Many brains done came forth from human bodies So much blood have ran on and on and on and on And on and on like many rivers I tell humans why fuss and fight Why fuss about the daytime And argue about the night Why try to say this planet and that planet and all those planets And end up saying one planet is no longer a planet at all Oh, wow, wow Orchestrating humanity Is a job for me and you and them and thee, thee, thee, thee Are the begotters, are the begotters trying to understand who begot who I remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said don’t get confused by theology Then I got a book, Mythology Mask after mask, mask, mask, mask, mask, mask and the mask masks of the mask-makers Making up masks to cover up faces That had been alive Masks become the make-up, became the make-up for the dead Ddrddodahdah Drddahblahdrododoblpp ddrdbldeddbrdld Data data brdsdd running outta brdrd running outta bdrdd Running outta room for data, data, data, data, data, data, data I asked who your baby, who your baby, who your baby, who your baby, who your baby mama now Who your baby mama now? Then I answered it, saying Cold Titty Mama
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Written by: Lonnie Holley
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