The art of Kevin Blythe Sampson

THE ART OF
KEVIN BLYTHE SAMPSON

3/18/10

Kevin Writes: Hot town summer in the city a repost

Hot town summer in the city

That is for sure

My take on the song hot fun summer in the city by the Loving spoonful

Summer in the City

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

Yes its hot as hell here, and this keeps every one out

On the sidewalks, in the street, blowing car horns

Drinking beer and generally getting on my nerves

Its ironbound which means,portugese, Brazilians

And south Americans

The black live in the projects

Not too far away but far enough thank god

And yes my neck is dirty

I hate the summer

Most black folks do

It ruins out hair

Black girls even when they swim don’t get their hair wet

Neither do I

And the Jeri curl juice that I use on my hair

Runs down my neck

And makes me feel like I am frying like chicken

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

Just came from broad st, it was buzzing like a bee hive

The gangs stake out the corners

And sell Lucy’s and bootleg Cd.

Today I noticed that for the first time

I felt like blacks are the minority

I mean American blacks

There are lots of darkys on broad st

But they are Africans, Caribbean’s, and all the rest

And I am really sick of dreads

Can we dish

Every other negro has them

They have lost their meaning

Every one looks like the monster

From predator to me

I hate dreads

Sorry

Is that black enough for ya

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

Yea right around here at night

You hear car horns

That whiney Brazilian

Collective voice

Why the hell do all Brazilians speak in that damned falsetto voice

I cant stand it

Slipper, flip-flops shuffling along

The south Americans are all drunk at night

Coming back from the bars

Harassing every woman they see on the street

Hot fun my ass

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Thank god for that

The less people

I have to look at the better

I am sick of thongs

And near nudity

Put some damn clothes on

Please

And stay the hell in your houses

These people have turned this town

Into a market in Mexico

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop

Dressing up around here

They dress up the meat

And that is only with lemon juice

the people

there is So much skin here

I Feel like I am living amongst savages

This is not the rain forest

Put some damn clothes on

And the smell

I feel like tattoo on fantasy island

Instead of screaming out

The plane the plane

I yell out

the smell the smell

This whole city smells

Like a sewer

I am sorry

Garbage sewage and barbeque

A not so interesting mix

Smoke from their incessant need

To cook over the open fire

Where the hell is the fire department

I feel like I am living in a gieco commercial

With those ugly cavemen

And

Where the hell is the American food anyway

I like sauce on my meat

Where the hell are the subs

Even the hamburgers here

Have stuff on them that I cant figure out

Sauce on a hamburger is ketchup damnit

Not mayo

This aint Europe

Damn it

But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

Right

with all of this workers from foreign countries

on the prowl

drunk, staggering

They buy their woman

Anyway

There woman arrive in cabs

Stay for ten minutes then move on

Then they drink corona

until they pass out and call it a day

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

Don’t call me babe

And

I am not sorry for my bitching

I am sorry

that the summer is so long

We should have one month of summer

Should have global warming in reverse

I am too fat and mean to walk around sweating

I wish that the sweat was the only thing

That dripped on me

Fluids hit you from the sky around here

It might just be the birds

Or a new kind of rain

Here in Newark

Where was I

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

The shadow here is

poverty

Gangs and silly immigrants

that smile all the time

Singing out

brazil

Brazil

Go home please

Brazil needs you

I don’t

The juice that has run from my hair

Now feels like hot wax

But at least I still have my hair

Every thing else is falling out

Or off me………..

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

They are dead

they are on drugs

Coke, liquor

This section of Newark

Is full of coke heads

All of the Portuguese men over 20 snort coke

I am not lying

they aren’t dead

They are hiding

From their construction jobs

And failed marriages

They sit every where

Drinking wine

And singing songs that are best

Not remembered

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city

And if you call me babe

one more time

In this heat

Ill show you why the your days

will not turn into night

Because

I will simply punch you

Damn

Weren’t we slaves

I thought that blacks were breed

to take heat

Why did I miss that gene

Got the bad feet jean

The diabetes gene

The obesity gene

Why couldn’t I get

that African

Walk around naked

Fly’s don’t bother me

I love the heat Gene

I am ready to go to Alaska

And join Sarah Palin

Cook some real meat

With sauce and the like

Moose chili is looking better and better to me

At least it doesn’t come with that whinny damn Brazilian

Voice…………….

Hot fun summer in the city my ass

Give me a shack in the woods

Any time

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