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The down-and-out mayors of Gay Pier and Christopher Street

And they were there-- oh
But we didn't take care of our Queens
They were there-- oh
Sylvia and Marsha

There was one thing, Sylvia, she never could believe
Why would Marsha take her own life-- why would she leave
With so much work yet to be done
They were supposed to go together if they crossed Jordan
And Marsha made her promise: stay and fight

But Sylvia was so distressed
And liked to drink, to be honest
And she was sick of living 'neath the sky

Cups, cups full of beer and gin
She went down to the river they found Marsha in
And stepped into the Hudson's sluggish tide
But she didn't die

I can feel her spirit on the river, she said
I can see her beautiful smile
Whispering like cattails, You're not done, girl
We've miles and miles to go before we sleep

Now you know the truth: Sylvia spent much of her life
More depressed than activist, too weak to tend the light
I'm saying this lest we forget
That nobody in history is a monolith
Each soul has brightest days and darkest nights

And one day
Sylvia, she fell in love
And love gave her the impetus
Get sober for her Julia
Address the inequalities
At work in our society
She fed the homeless, tirelessly
In her death throes she was winning seats

She crossed the river Jordan in a hospital bed
Liver cancer is what finally did her in
Well, it's been 18 years now, 2020
And a trans person of color's murdered once a week
It's plain to see that nothing much has changed
What would Sylvie say

I can hear them calling from the river
I can see their beautiful smiles
Singing from the cattails, You're not done, girl
We've miles and miles to go before we sleep
Miles and miles to go before we sleep
No one's free 'til everyone is free

And they we were there-- oh
But we didn't take care of our Queens
They were there-- oh
They were there-- oh
But why didn't we take care of our Queens
They were there-- oh
And we've still miles and miles to go before we sleep

Kaepernick and Gates
Marsha Johnson Juan Gabriel
Freddie and Malcolm X
Stephen Hawking, Cassius Clay    
Switzer 261 
Rodham Clinton ,Joan of Arc 
All them breakers of the laws
All them fighters of their time  
If you want to make the list
Throw your fears out and persist 
Time to break the impossible 
Time to BE the POSSIBLE
Aspire to inspire, be a light and be desire
No matter what you do as long as you improve 

I'm explosion
I'm the rage of the ocean
I'm the love in motion
I'MPOSSIBLE
I'm decision 
I'm the sun I'm volition  
I'm a fearless vision
I'MPOSSIBLE

Nobody


I bring not just the laughs
But i bring the truth
Make you ponder a thought 
And then Raise the roof


The path we’re walking
Isn’t a real mystery
When you know the real 
American history


Black Queer leaders 
Laid the path before us
Octavia st. Laurent 
And Barbara Jordan


Gladys Bentley
Alvin Ailey 
James Baldwin 
Toni Morrison and maya Angelou


I hope you knew
But If you didn’t
Now you do

Kaepernick and Gates
Marsha Johnson Juan Gabriel
Freddie and Malcolm X
Stephen Hawking, Cassius Clay
Switzer 261
Rodham Clinton,Joan of Arc
All them breakers of the laws
All them fighters of their time
If you want to make the list
Throw your fears out and persist
Time to break the impossible
Time to BE the POSSIBLE
Aspire to inspire, be a light and be desire
No matter what you do as long as you improve
I'm explosion
I'm the rage of the ocean
I'm the love in motion
I'MPOSSIBLE
I'm decision
I'm The Sun I'm volition
I'm a fearless vision
I'MPOSSIBLE

You got your bubble and I got mine
And that's the trouble, can't see the white of your eyes
Got your foam party and I got mine
These walls are thin, popped with a pin
Just let me live

Medieval torture, conversion therapy
Psychopathy to forcibly do 'what's best for me'
Marsha P. Johnson drugged and hounded just for standing up
The march of technology hasn't advanced us much...

Yea we straight to it nah fr I'm talking off the rip
Nigga lost his mind talking dumb where's yo common sense
Had to get some clues for the blues now I got some strips
Puts hit lights out I turned em off when I flipped the switch

At yo front door wit that shit but I ain't Smokey
Me and twin steady with the plays we Zach and Cody
Old ass niggas always hating they mr mosbey
Bitches always askin for the Lo man these hoes is nosey
Niggas love saying they my bro they is not my homie
Said you pulling up to shoot the fade you is not no Kobe

Liu kang bitch I got the sticks and the fire too
Niggas always talking bout a bag but don't got the proof
Push to start Beamer not enough I'm tryna drop a coupe
Thirty four to a nigga back if he don't tell the truth

Tres 9s and deuces like I'm riding round with lil head
Really went dumb for it now I got stupid bread
Bro don't like punching said he rather go shoot instead
Nigga tried to hide be he can't this an infrared

Catching bodies with the hammer
Posterizer
Nigga Tryna run the lmg gotta target finder
Polo shirt with the Jordan's on ion do designer
Trey known for throwing bullets out but I'm not no niner

Tryna go ghost in the phantom bitch think I'm Danny
I ain't friendly with the tools boy don't think I'm manny
Money good now nah fr we can up the ante
Brodie in the field sticked up hitting shit like Sammy
Tryna be the goat with this shit think I need some Grammys

Blues on us and we sticked up but we ain't the dodgers
Cheese on yo head I'm throwing bullets like  Arron rodgers
Niggas not scaring shit boy y'all not no monsters
Do em like Tyson with the fade but I'm not no boxer

All black with the bald heads like I'm Dave Chappell
I'll put the metal to his face and then raise some hell
40/4.0 on me right now nigga I never failed
Paying full price for the pack ion do no sells

Easy money on the trey five but I ain't KD
Tre to his back I let it ring like he AD
4ks on me boxed a nigga he in HD
Changing like the seasons got my reasons like I'm swae lee

Marsha lynch you catching five if you running up
Knew the whole play before them niggas even huddled up
Been making plays in this shit pull my hudl up
Nail em wit the hammer if he said he think he tuff enough

Got 2ks if a nigga tryna play now
If you pull up tripping over hoes I'll have you space bound
Coming down yo block I'm like lebron with the chase down
Ain't shit funny when you losin we don't play around

This shit is not over
I'll do the dash in this bitch I ain't pulling over
Always on ten It's never smoke so I'm always sober
Really putting on for this shit city on my shoulders
Tryna be the goat with this shit boy I feel like Soulja

Tryna take me out the game man that's the wrong call
Never did shit with that rocket you John wall
I could up dub in this bitch y'all do not ball
I'll really get to tripping nigga I am not yall

Everywhere I go get right bitch I'm Chris Paul
Really baby niggas on the block niggas too small
I could really get right all it take is one call
Big nigga known for the hustle I'm Pau Gasol

Ion really know about no rap I'm jus talking shit
Start to the finish ran it up now I'm off this bitch

Heavy Stepper Nigga

Class is open (yo)
Class is open (yo)
Class is open (yo)
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with

Understandable smooth shit to jump off the stoop with
Know I kick in my two cents, it's duffles and toothpicks
To give you 16 feel like if a pound flew in
Competition Nutso, let's GPS where the roof is, right
The same flow came out the hallway with me
I put '95 on my back like I'm DeAndre Bembry
It's like I'm Illmatic sitting on loop
Meets Mortal Kombat finishing moves
You seen what the genesis do
And the endings is Jordan-esque
Or whichever way that the play goes
'Cause six joints will get you whatever, I came as Thanos
I threw you jewels with an NYCHA flow
Blue and orange signs like I was on Dolan's payroll
Malcolm X Air Raid Nikes, by the caseload
But still good to fuck with a Becky like John Stamos
Taught to know that the rule of thumb was innuendos
And to slay the box 
But to make love to instrumentals, do the math, right?