Hoochie Nation  
For the Women of Rutgers

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we’re living inside

a hoochie nation

one nation under

a noose

around the necks

of black women

pimps up

hos down

way

down

downgrading

discounting

black womens

bodies

im in love with a stripper

whose clear heels

cloud her  mind

getting schooled

in hard knocks

strutting her

achiles heel

everytime

dancing on mines

shaking boobytraps

for the soul 

in this new world disorder

ripe with brothers

on the downlow

living luxury lives

at her expense

while she struggles

on layaway

rented out

for the next video

gyrating and dropping it

like its hot

a self proclaimed

video ho

confessions of a video vixen

please

i'll pray for you sisters

cuz ms. steffans is busy

on her knees

selling pussy and fiction

sucking and fucking big dicks

a real superheadache

keeping borrowed time

on bill mahrs jock

she cashed in

on your shame

for oprah winfrey kind of fame

and no preacher would bless

her magdaleine hustle

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black pussy for sale

on the block

in the street

on the corner

in the bedroom

in the board room

i'm sick with it

black bodies bouncing

to the break beat

digesting words

of lyrical genocide

like bottles of chyrs

oooh girl that's my shhhhhhh

but when will the shit

hit the fan

when is enuf enuf

the industry is selling mysogny on wax

pimping another hooker on the track

and the bling and the furs and the cars

are props just like you

when the lights go out

on your video

what will you do

just another ho

looking for another beat

to break your back

while the real players

making money

off your honey

aint nothing funny

about a dream deferred

nothing glamorous about

bills to pay and mouths to feed

so keep your confessions

clean

dont let the laundry dirt

pile high

stop the madness

heal the hurt

cuz you are making head-lines

girl

with the Ts and the As

in boldface                    

i am dieing

to see

mothers

daughters

sisters

activists

pioneers

shaking more than ass

making everyday moves

with style and class

put that on MTV

make that the hook

let’s dance

to that melody

sing that anthem

strong and loud

so the nation

will broadcast

black women

living with pride

who refuse

to make a living

on their backside

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I read all about it

in that sister's obituary

last sunday

and I cried

she was only 25

but that video

she was in

keeps on playing

like a twisted lullaby

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