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7 tequilas gone
a few puffs of opium coolin me down
my daughter is in panama
i am more dangerous than noriega
accordin to my mother
who tried to carry bourbon
into the courthouse where they
called me everything but
an unfit mother / off to rehearsal
i go off for more interviews
now i am famous i don't really
have a life/ i have tequila and whispers
of my child sayin
mami wake up
despierta-te
Written by Ntozake Shange (1914-2018)
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