Ballad of the Slinger –

“There was no ‘I’ in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.”
― Jennifer Lane, Blocked

 

“and after much thought he said to me…I know your game…you don’t have any game and that’s your game…”  –  da man wit dreads

  

You hit me hard and I took my licks

You gave me hard and expected bricks

You studied me and gave me ninety-nine

your thinking that I’d lose my mind

Telling me I put you up the ladder

with big men you’re countin’ cheddar

You played the game with our soul

thought my women would bring me low

But I saw what you’re gonna do

I was ahead of your game yeah ahead of you

You look and fretted while the money flowed

at the very end it wasn’t you I owed

With halting eyes you knew it was done

playing the game without game you knew I won

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First published in Opinions Of Eye.com