Woman Down - They Killed Her - Coldhearted Murder

 

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Woman Down

They killed her

Assassinated her

Bloody, vicious and coldhearted murder

Am dazed

Heart feels razed

Numb and heavy

As if it can't carry

that news, so weighty

Woman down, down, down!

I want to cry

Scream, no!

Rent my clothes and wail in sorrow

That fatal Sunday

Oh, what a dread day

I hated the sun for shining

After all that killing

Died in a hail of bullets

Is how they put it

Woman down, woman down!

I refused to watch the news

She paid her dues

How dare you murder her
What you ever done for her
Did you birth her
Comfort her
Protect her
None of that, no, no, no
Woman down for the count!

Nothing can excuse that
cowardly, dastardly act
Causing sorrow
Because you have to hit back
What you don't like you crush
Smash
With fist of hammer and spike
I got it that night
Woman down, woman down, woman down!

Despair deathly had me reeling
Listening to music loving
on the airwaves
Seeking comfort, no avail
Till finally tears flowed like hale
Twelve hours after the news
Bitter, burning my views
Woman down for the count!


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It took another 2 days

To understand the ways

Like, why am I feeling sundered

A stranger murdered

Assassination rather

Woman down, woman down!

I admired Dana

Often quoted her

Then it dawned

What that news spawned

It released truly

The reality of what you did, to me

You killed her

Rid yourself of her

As your heart bid

So much hate hid

Couldn't take it when pain rained

Brutality your claim to fame

Woman down, woman down!



Blame anybody, especially me

But it's always thee
My speech irks you
No other dares to face you
But I tell thee truly
Slap my face
Make me a disgrace
Shouting, screaming in my face
Intent on laying waste
Typical case
Woman down for the count!

You don't know my life
Want to manage all, even my strife
Control the only way with
low self-esteem every day
Love and violence go together you say
No way hosay
In prison or a hole you will stay
Woman down, woman down!

Violence against me will destroy you
As sure as day turns into night, for true
I will never submit
I do not give in
Despite fearful trembling
in the beginning
Who's that I wondered
I didn't know her
Then I discovered more
Woman down, woman down!

I had to understand
What has happened?

Weak, feeling loss of hope

No friends or family

So I mope

Alone, I turn to dope

Only ugly around me

So depressing really

My rage terrifying

Not calm, just pretending

Woman down, woman down!



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 I was out, really gone
Nasty dope in my mouth
Lots of fat came out
Still no comfort
No job at fifty-four
No home for her
In a shelter, ghetto area
Nobody cares
Dog eat dog the criteria
Woman down so long!

You try to control my space
To keep me in my place
To make yourself feel safe
Threats to kill me
Bust  up my face and more
Throw me in a river
Stab me up ever more
Cut off my head
No one will ever find me, you said
Woman down, down, down!

Nowhere to hide or run
The dogs come out to hunt
Screaming and rejoicing, they cry
"That cunt"
"You feel you better than us"
Yeah, they love the stinking cuss
That's how they live
That's how you live
Woman down for the count!

But am no runt
Am big and fat
Generous and blunt
To everyone a long rope I give
Watch how they cope
Most let go as they learn am no dope
But you and your pals
tell me to fuck off
I tell them off
No more talk
This woman's been around too goddamn long!

They say am disrespectful
Stinking small nasty hypocrites all
Me, they can't control
And neither can you
Don Denzil Ferguson Alpheas Greigg
I will remain true to who I am
And where I come from
It's no place you know

One year it took me
To find who I really be
Today I am fearless
You cannot keep me down
Kill me you drunken clown
What goes around comes around
Nothing more to get from me
I forget nothing, buddy
This woman is up
Standing her ground
I ain't moving man!


In memory of slain attorney Dana Seetahal