Make a Wish

Once there was a girl
Born into poverty
Brought into this wicked world
The land of slavery
Her parents said all that's behind
All you do is set your mind
And you will find a life that’s ripe
With possibility

They gave her books and records too
Look at all that you can do
Simone Biles and Booker T
Richard Wright and RBG
Sprinkle that black girl magic
Your gown will sweep the floor
The future is female
And it's gonna last ever more

Reap the fruits of sweet resistance
Nonetheless she persisted
Sí se puede ain't no line
And baby girl it’s your time
Anything whites can do
You can do too
Any job that you see
That's what you can be

She say "I know what I wanna be!"
"What do you wanna be?
"I know what I wanna be!"
"What do you wanna be?
"I know what I wanna be!"
"What do you wanna be?
"I wanna be Jeffrey Dahmer"
You wanna be Jeffrey Dahmer!?"
"I wanna be Jeffrey Dahmer ho ho"

Sweet little innocent black girl
Drilling them holes in the motherfucking heads
Mean little white boy
Drilling more holes in more heads
Who you gonna vote for?
Can't vote for the hombre doesn't make sense
Female Jeffrey Dahmer
Gon' be first woman president

So her daddy say
"Why you wanna drill all those holes in the head?"
And her mamma say
"Something about it just doesn't seem right"

Daughter say, "Look Black people
Been starved in the belly of the ship, as you know
Drowned, beat, suffocated
Stuffed down, had our whole loves violated
We been hung, whipped, scarred in all places
Burnt to a crisp in a sea of grinning faces
Tongues ripped out as they shove us in the mud
Babies taken from us and our genitals cut
Tie us, break us, chain, enslave us
Drag us from the back of a truck in the black dust
Jasper, Texas known as gravel necklace
For an evil nexus it's a blank canvas proud
Could be anywhere, your hometown
Full of pain and degradation found
Libacious clowns 'stead of 40 acres
We ain’t gonna get no reparations

And women, huh? That’s a joke
How many girls get choked and slapped
By the end of this song
Think I'm wrong?
Numbers higher than Cheech and Chong
Woman beat every nine seconds
Fists rain down every direction
Everything’s a weapon
Well intentioned
Messed, molesting
Send her a lesson
Threatening to finish, one raped every minute
Happens on the street or behind the spinet
We're in it, think clitorectomies
And the sex trade
Is a slave trade
Over 10 million a year
Name me an object that hasn't been stuffed
Up some woman's orifice
Somewhere, sometime
What’s more folks, I like girls
And that's another danger to fear

So that's why I want to be the first black woman, and the first gay female to lure indigent youth to my basement, bore holes in their skulls, and fill the holes with acid. In this I will be a pioneer and pave the way for others."

And her mamma says
"Well when you put it that way"
And her daddy says
"We just want you to be happy, honey"
She says, "Thanks Ma, thanks Pa"
As she fetches her hat and coat
"What you doing now, where you plan to go?"
I'm gonna shuffle round Home Depot

Sweet little innocent gay girl
Drilling them holes in the motherfucking heads
Mean little straight boy
Drilling more holes in more heads
Who you gonna vote for?
Can't vote for the hombre doesn't make sense
Female Jeffrey Dahmer
Gon' be first woman president

So she pulls out of the driveway
Pulls into the bar
Finds a lanky staring blankly
At a thick unlit cigar
Is a he man or baby?
Maybe 17 at most
She says, "You need a light for that"
He looks at her like he's seen a ghost

What's that you're feeling?
"You remind me of my mom"
"Are you a runaway?"
"Is it that obvious?
I had to come here
Escape my pa
Bashed my head into the sheetrock
Late last night I'd had enough"
"Sounds like you been through some toxic masculinity
What you need is some toxic femininity"

Have some drinks
Grab some snacks
She shows him her photographs
"Would you like a place to pass out
For the night is cold?"
They head back to the fortress
I mean her happy home
Leads him to the basement
Shows him mattress made of memory foam
Hands him a Xanax
We all need some love
"Have you been through it too?"
Who needs trauma, life's enough

Pours him a nightcap
Glass macrame
"Ooh, I like that"
"I got it on Etsy"
"I feel so safe here
Can I just get a refill?"
"Sure babe, we got all night
Then it's drill, baby, drill!"

Sweet little innocent sad girl
Drilling them holes in the motherfucking heads
Mean little fine boy
Drilling more holes in more heads
Who you gonna vote for?
Can't vote for the hombre doesn't make sense
Female Jeffrey Dahmer
Gon' be first woman president