San Diego Free Press readers don’t need much of an introduction to contributor Ernie McCray. Whether writing essays or poems, Ernie’s words are straight from the soul. Because they arise from Ernie’s soul, they play like jazz in the reader’s ear– syncopated, at times bright and crisp, other times a deep bass. And always on the good foot.
By Ernie McCray
Don’t want to spoil your party
Don’t want to bust your balloon
But look up above your head
There’s some ozone gone
ozone gone
ozone gone
Can we get it back
And you’ll see that the sky
Is no longer blue
no longer blue
no longer blue
Whatcha think about that
Look on this side of the river
And you will see
Misery
In the Land of the Free
Hey, Jack, that’s a fact
Simply where it’s at
Listen to this rap:
A world of riches
A world of fame
A world with
The Superbowl Football Game
A world of jingles
A world of rhyme
A world having
A damn good time
A world where
You can see the Mona Lisa
Just by pulling out
Your Visa
A world of dance steps
That are cool
A world where you can act a fool
Filling nostrils with cocaine
Smoking stuff
That’ll fry your brain
A world of Rolls Royces
Affected voices
Calvin Kleins
Stuck to behinds
Microwave and
Pic N Save
And expansion of the mind
And if I should die
Before I wake
That might be
A big mistake
Cuz there is no guarantee
That the world
Will feed my family
Hey
Don’t want to spoil your party
Don’t want to bust your balloon
A little bit softer now
Don’t want to spoil your party
Don’t want to bust your balloon
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Ernie McCray
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