This New Thang, That They Call Love

Somebody help me, ‘cause I’m in desperate need, of some vital information. So far I’ve searched, and looked and sought, almost half way across the nation. I’ve looked below and in between, I’ve looked in and out, and even up above. I’m trying to find out about, and so desperately so, trying to find out, about THIS NEW THANG, THAT THEY CALL LOVE.

If what they say about it is true – I don’t want it, and tell it to leave me be. ‘Cause I’m too scared to fall in love. Let me stay loose and free. If it’s true about what they say it is¸ then make it go away. ‘Cause I don’t want to give up my freedom, to have fun, and to run and play.

I’ve heard it’ll tame the tiger, in the wildest man, and make him docile and act like a bunny. I heard it can melt the ice, from a cold man’s heart, and make him sweet as honey. And can stop the King of Beasts, dead in his tracks, and make him coo like a dove. So, don’t let it get me, ‘cause I’m afraid of, THIS NEW THANG, THAT THEY CALL LOVE.

If what they say about it is true, I ain’t gonna let it get next to me. ‘Cause I’m afraid to fall in love, and too scared to surrender my claim to stay free. If what they are saying about it is true, somebody, please, make it go away. ‘Cause I can’t lose my right to freedom, and to run and play another day.

Now take what happened to Samson, and Romeo. They both had fatal ends. And Popeye and Bruto, still fightin’ for the love of a woman. And them cats used to be friends. I can think of a whole bunch of things that, I don’t want no parts of. But most of all, keep me away from, THAT NEW THANG, THAT THEY CALL LOVE.

If what they say about it is true, Tell it to leave me be. ‘Cause I’m afraid to fall in love, Lawd, no don't let me fall. Let me stay unchained and free. If what they say is true about it, make it go away. ‘Cause I don’t want to lose my right, to run, and have fun and play.

From a collection called, “EJ Gets Started” © June 30, 1992, by Ernest J. Mims, Sr. Library of Congress US Copyright Registration Number: PAu 1 643 371

What i Say Goes

Sometime after the Beginning, was a wORD, and this wORD was kin to the crew up atop.

This wORD said, “i am the law, and what i say goes, and no matter what you think you know,

and what proof you got, i am still the law, and what i say goes.”

Now during this wORD’s existence – depending on who did What, and what the Folk did, and Why it got didded, and How was, that it got did, and When they did it – the outcome might depend on Where the accused committed it, and questioning if whether it be a random accusation and a truth smothering charge.

The Folk I know, and the people that they know, and people they blend with who are like them, and, their relatives and friends and neighbors and everyone that they know;

And, they do Know, everybody knows, and do understand, that this wORD keep Howling, “No matter what kind of evidence you got, . . . i’m the law, and what i say goes.”

© Ernest J. Mims,

     August 12, 2021