The Redbone:
Ladies of Western PA, I'm askin you...
When you see my baby, be sure to tell him
there's no where else I'd rather be..
then with him...
If you've seen him, you understand his beauty
six foot four, built like an athlete and strong
when I run my hands across his skin, it feels butter soft
he's biracial, but his skin is caramel brown
with long lashes on his eyes, long legs that stride, when he walks
you can see the King in his eyes
with a heart so sweet and kind, treasures like this are a one in a trillion find
You tell him! Im forever his and he's forever mine
Chicks roll up on him and try to take my spot
Boo, you're wasting your time, I got that on lock...
The Beloved:
And I want every dude to know!
You can try if you want, but look in her eyes and you will see me
Our story is a story thats trillions of years old .
I ran in the garden cause she was playin again, she threw rainwater on my leather shoes...
Laughing, she sprinted off with them damn long thick legs
I chased after her...
The rain contined to patter, and in my hunt, I had to take of my clothes, the rain would ruin them and
I saw her again, a flash of wet red hair... and I realized..
she was naked..
Now I had to hide.
After hours of play cause she was trained to hunt and so was I and I was determined to win..
I was hungry, and I went to grab a piece of fruit and
out of nowhere I was knocked to the ground
I opened my mouth to cuss her out
But she pinned me down and said
Please...I love you...
And she climbed over me and took hold of my root
And opened her legs and I saw her rose
Im sorry.. she said...and dropped herself on me...
I screamed so loud I blew up 25 suns...exploding in her on the first shove
It was a wrap, fellas, I was in...love....
The Redbone:
I loved him since I was a child
He was our father's heir, and I was the secondborn of
thousands of our Father's children
We always competed
He was first in his class in schools
and I was always second
He taught me all I knew of hunting, creating, and things men frowned upon a woman doing
They grew angry when I could debate them on quantum physics
but my big brother always said to them, shut up, your'e just mad my Father put all of this in a woman...
God, he ran them all off...
Boyfriends?
Making suitors pay exorbitant sums just to take me for a walk
We fought and fought about this
What's your problem? I asked
He smiled and said, "This is how valuable you are to me....
See we were friends, he would come by my house and tell me jokes
while I braided his hair
We would ride out and smoke, me on shotgun while he gave orders to his crew...
and one night...
Oh God, why did I kiss him...It was like tasting living water, always thirsty for it...
then came us laid in his bed...we played and we exploded and he freaked out and ran off
leaving me in a bed of tears.
Then I understood, and I knew what I had to do.
The Beloved:
I had 1000 wives, and a million tricks,
They were results of acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures., some were gifts
Some so physically beautiful they had to veil themselves to not be attacked
but how many times can you listen to someone who only tells you what they think you want to hear?
Some were smart, they were good hosts and could hold a conversation
but Her?
Everytime I came by, she was into some book, reading our Father's laws
We would discuss them, and I was upset
Not because she understood but because she understood
Either a man would shut her up, hold her back or worse
take her books and education away
This is why I did it, I guess
Many men came to court her, buying her ridiculous amounts of jewels, building palaces, deeding her galaxies...
To me it wasn't enough.
I loved her so much, she was the kind of woman I looked for but knew I'd never find
She was beauty, coupled with a brilliant mind...
She was the first of her kind...
The Redbone:
So after we spent a week in that garden...
see he couldn't let go of me nor I him
we wound our souls around each other and couldnt...just couldnt...
let go..
Our Father came looking for us
I was afraid he'd be angry...I had taken a gamble, and given my brother a gift
that could either have me banished ...or married...
Our Father chuckled as he stood outside...
I've already ordered your dress and his suit...
You will marry... I seen this coming for years...
And I've already built 10 palaces for you two
so you can have an incredible honeymoon...
Father looked at us, inside our hearts and praised the Holy Mother
This is so beautiful...he said...
The Beloved:
Our concern was our precious people
They were so important, that we put ourselves to the side
and went in and out of time, to correct things and...
we lost each other in the process...
Finally, I can give my lady her due
and let her know, Id marry her anew...
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