The Personification of Funk

See BLUES and GOSPEL
birthed many kids
but FUNK is the one
they wish they hadn't did…

for FUNK is the
child that just won’t
listen.

Wild and hard-headed
he ran away to follow
his own ambitions.

He ain’t strong and wise like
pops
or
all good and spiritual
like mama.

He just a dirty lil’ kid...

everything that come out
his mouth is
fast
phat
& filthy.

For a time…

R&B was pointin’ his finger like
“that’s him officer…that’s the fool
that keep on tryin’ to kill me!”

And you know that boy
just kept wit’ it
like everything’s a joke.

Leave him home alone and he’ll
burn the whole house down and laugh at the
smoke.

They prayin’ for his soul…
shakin’ they heads
sayin “we just don’t know”.

Uncle JAZZ wants you to
“LEAVE THAT BOY ALONE!…I remember
when it was time for me to branch out
on my own…
Give him space to create
in and out of the traditional
eight”

But that dirty lil’ kid
Don’t listen to nobody.

Instead…

Dude will prob'ly end up dead.