Actress

In just a few years
You’ve seen me grow up
In just a few years
You’ll see me blow up
De La got it straight about the state of hip-hop
I might blow up but I won’t go pop
I might blow up but I won’t go pop
We might blow up but we won’t go pop
The truth is all I was is what I be
A poet, never a sucker emcee
Baptized in vinyl you can’t front on me
The Arcades in Paris
Pre-modernity
Articles of faith
The creators of myth
Planting the seeds that we now forget
I was raised on the beats of Bluegrass pasture
Word to the DJ cut it up faster

(DJ/guitar solo)

In 1987 I was more than an actor
I was an actress with my b-girl hits
And like we said before don’t front on this
I’ve been down since day one and I just don’t miss
Please give me a kiss for my troubles tonight
I spent my last dollar at Triple Crown last night
A little marijuana with some fly Africana
Escape to Old Mexico then off to Havana
Relocate but don’t fixate
American mythology belief is fate
I’m an actress from a South East state
Born with a script we all must contemplate
Back in the dressing room
I consume
Something that came in a form of mushroom
I zoom to the space and down to the spot
An ode to Hollis
The land of sure-shot
Where the emcees grow to be big stars
With godfather hats and songs from Mars
Where the emcees grow to be big stars
With Addidas shell tops and songs from Mars

(DJ/guitar solos)

The phantasmagoria
Time collects dust
Every ego that bubbles is bound to bust
Check Baudelaire with his frozen stare
I’ve seen the capitalist palaces
I won’t go there
I’ve been out to San Francisco once or twice
And I’ll soon go back to entice my vice
I was interplanetary all these years
When my soul’s on ice I really don’t care
Blown, like the song, we’ve been blown
Through the atmosphere on this microphone
In Paris we eat, in London we sleep
In Rio De Janeiro good times come cheap
I’m red on black sweet savior blue
I’m an actress and my song is too
I’m red on black sweet savior blue
I’m an actress and my song is too
I’m red on black sweet savior blue
I’m an actress and my song is too

(c) 2007 Eric Wilkinson