Let's Call the Dialogue Off ; or, Ode to the President's Commission on Race
You say Ebonics,
And I say moronics,
You - victims chronic, I - bums laconic,
Ebonics, maronics,
It's chronic, laconic,
Le'ts call the dialogue off
Affirmative actions,
No - quotas and factions,
Minority hiring,
It's whites that you're firing,
Action, factions,
Hiring, firing,
Let's call the dialogue off
But oh, if we call the dialogue off,
Then we must dash,
And oh, if we find that we must dash,
Then we can't spout this trash
So if you say axe me, then I'll say ask me,
And you say booty, then I'll look snooty,
For-we know-we need each other
So we'd better call the dialogue off
Let's call the whole thing off
So if you go cry racist, and I cry fascist,
We've got no basis for saving faces,
For-we know-we need each other,
So we better call the dialogue off,
Let's call the whole thing off
copyright 1997 Wayne Aaronson |
