RIP Etta James man.
to the minstrel dusted angels of genius
9 times outta 10
i told ya then
playback the roll on the speaker
5 shots walkin
toilet is bare death
brotha brotha can you get this thru ya head
this was set up by ya ma it was set up by the feds
fate has no excuse
but confounded lines
the fine is only ya soul
brotha brotha can you get this thru yo head
i never knew how to survive unless i was lucky like cecil
had da horn
had da girl
had da track hit sum numba on sum chart
had da axe
had da shivers
had da gigs
had da wife that was music
but didn’t love me in the scales
it loved me when i died.
ayler
Waking up to ayler idling wavering ayler
I learn
quintent trio rio in 65
continuation in bush of bush cloud of cloud mountain breaks
dawn assumes pose 1/4 in witchcycle
devils pool out into the streets devils pool out into the streets
ghosts of no claim leap into beds of water
n leave us cold
ax is smashed ax is smashed to bits split apart across the universe ain’t no glue can hold um down
devils pool out into the streets
mourn n giggle
mourn n wriggle cause satan’s left the building
children sleep with the light on children put ya pillow over ya head children desist
children resist.
*woke up this morning, started studying japanes, but I’m failing so what’s the point. Put on some Lady Day, then some Ra, stopped at Ayler, felt like writing.
draft 1 of Jazz Improv Poetry Piece
By: Yazzy Boiragee
(the ARTIST is in a studio like area. Maybe with paper, pens and pencils, canvas and paints, instruments, chalkboard or nothing at all, just himself. He is trying to find his voice. There are pieces of paper that at some point he will pass out-this is his outlet to try and connect to the real world to feel something to help find his own voice. This piece does not have to be fully memorized or said, it is the basis of which the ARTIST may riff off of into any direction. As long as it ends with the last line.)
ARTIST
AAAAAHHHH AHHHHHHH AHHHH AHHHH wail wail wail AHHHH AHHHH AHHHH-(coughcoughcoughcoughcough)
Hold on-lemme try again (clears throat)…AHHHH AHHHH AHHHHH wail wail wail wail AHHHHHHHHHHH (clears throat again) Hold on I almost got it….AH! SHIT!
This ain’t workin. Shit. Uh. Okay, lemme try this.
r-ah
bl ack ack ack ack ack ack
spaaaace
bla ck ck ck ckc kck ck ck
spaaaaace
NO COLOR OF SHADE
no color fo shade
NO COLOR OF SHADE
b lack lack lack lack lack
space lacks the potential to sing on pretwritten sheets
one to three four one two three four
break no rule break no rule
book on head back straight show no emotion
one to
THREE
(stop that!)
FOUR
(stop that!)
AHHHHHHHHHHH-if you push dat button
(if you push dat button)
YA ASS GOT TA GO!
i got the cosmos commin out my ass-nuclear was
i got dope smokin my own ass-nuclear wars
i got coppertone niggers eatin bleach cream-nuclear wars
i got plutonian night bombs
in my head-nuclear wars
CUZ I’M FROM SATURN n you bitches is still hee-ew-mane
ina hendrrr-mix of mista charlie’s horse-nuclear wars
in ebonix knock vernacular cant speak no eeenglish-nuclear wars
I GOT SOME MOTHAFUCKAS I GOT SOME MOTHAFUCKAS
sittin on my stoop eatin my soup dryin my juke
i got ray bop on sun’s rays some mothafuckas in them trumpets
some mothafucka in them piana nude trees
got dem mothafuckas on my re-chord
got dem brass balls mothafucka
got enough to fight the world off
bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh
but them bluez
ee jack you lay ssion
eejack youlay ssion
ssion ssion ssion shun me to zion where once believed a god
ohhhhhh muhthuhfuhckuh
sTOP the music for we have no mo limits
stop the music for we have no mo lines
STOP the music for we have no mo limits
STOP
the music for we have no mo lines
stop the beat cause it aint got no rythm just
SHIT
im sorry brotha
BUT YO ASS GOT TA GO!
r-ah
bl ack ack ack ack ack ack
spaaaace
bla ck ck ck ckc kck ck ck
spaaaaace
NO COLOR OF SHADE
no color fo shade
NO COLOR OF SHADE
b lack lack lack lack lack
space lacks the potential to sing on pretwritten sheets
one to three four one two three four
break no rule break no rule
book on head back straight show no emotion
one to
THREE
stop that
FOUR
stop that
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
if you push dat button
YA ASS GOT TA GO!
one two three
