Name: The Ballad of Dick Gregory
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: "The Ballad of Dick Gregory" is a tribute track and the first single from the forthcoming "Notes From Native Sons" EP by the new Hip Hop and spoken word ensemble The Watchman & thaPoet.

The Ballad of Dick Gregory

by The Watchman & thaPoet

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"The Ballad of Dick Gregory" is a tribute track and the first single from the forthcoming "Notes From Native Sons" EP by the new Hip Hop and spoken word ensemble The Watchman & thaPoet.

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Southern Ofays never broke my airways,
Put they bats on (upon)
Aunt Lou's and Anna Mays
Strange Fruit they let hang
My Roots they still remain
While Things Fall apart
That truth is still the same
Proof is in that private stock (small pause)
Selling hard labor to make these markets pop
Trumping up charges to keep these Brothas locked
Homie boxed straight from his office these are the hardknocks
Double time you hear that pitter patter
Back on the square
squared on what really matters
I'm like a Phantom reading Frantz Fanon
The prosecutor wanna cross examine
Flint water still been abandoned
Eyes still on the prize
No pride this is manna
Now watch us eat up
I pray you keep up
Couldn't break us down with a Kingtop (we-up) adlib?
That's Black Radio
Check the ratio
Gettin close to the check
keep that hatin low
Swing low, deep river
Code in the shakes and the pounds we deliver
And that's right on time
Check the footwork
That's soley divine
We been had the juice
Since the Bishop was loose
And we right back on it
With the fruit we produce
Like...ONE!

Get a business is how we catch up
Write it off on taxes,
thats they way we stack up
Powernomics on my shelf,
spring water in my cup
Knowing health is my wealth
Reportin (coming) LIVE from the terror dome
Clicking off the tube full of lies like a metronome
Never tell you what you spose to be
They only show you what they wanna see
Now how that sound?
Look in the mirror and adjust yo crown
Look in the mirror and you bounce back now
Ballad of Dick Gregory is so profound
(It's) Power when the people plan together
Apply the pressure and we eat forever
Get up out the frying pan...
Here come the Words of the man with a plan..

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released June 19, 2020
Rashad thaPoet- lyrics, emcee

The Watchman- Squire Jazz Bass & beats

Mixed by NoStress

Recorded May/June 2020

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watchman music presents Nashville, Tennessee

"The Watchman" Greg Bryant is an award-winning musician and broadcast radio personality. He's the co-leader of Concurrence with keyboardist Paul Horton, musical director for vocalist/songwriter Dara Tucker and also leads The Greg Bryant Expansion.

His most recent collaboration pairs him with lyricist and spoken word artist Rashad thaPoet. ... more

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