BACKWARD GLANCE
By Roger Parris
Took a backward glance to the Harlem sixties one day
To freedom marches, drugs and Sal & Me laughing in the park
Backward glances at life seem near to me
Images real like I can still touch & feel
Run/fun/tag/bag/smoke/choke/dance/prance/
Diz/Bird/skin/pop/scag/drag
Took a backward glance to the sixties one day
To sniff/ talking friends dope/sniff/talking/not listening/just sniff/ talking
Always sniff/talking bout the Blues
My Blues played on
Sal died & I cried between sniff/talking bout the Blues
Took a backward glance to the Harlem sixties one day
Heard about a light skin brother named Detroit Red
Didn’t mean much at the time
Cause I was still in my white powder prime
Detroit Red took a spiritual flight
Came back as Malcolm
Malcolm helped raise me out that heroin grave I was digging
He preached. I listened
Be Black/Be Black/Be proud to be Black
Eventually my only care was be proud to be Black
Took a backward glance to the Harlem sixties one day
Realized that memories play beautiful Black magic with Me
By Roger Parris
Took a backward glance to the Harlem sixties one day
To freedom marches, drugs and Sal & Me laughing in the park
Backward glances at life seem near to me
Images real like I can still touch & feel
Run/fun/tag/bag/smoke/choke/dance/prance/
Diz/Bird/skin/pop/scag/drag
Took a backward glance to the sixties one day
To sniff/ talking friends dope/sniff/talking/not listening/just sniff/ talking
Always sniff/talking bout the Blues
My Blues played on
Sal died & I cried between sniff/talking bout the Blues
Took a backward glance to the Harlem sixties one day
Heard about a light skin brother named Detroit Red
Didn’t mean much at the time
Cause I was still in my white powder prime
Detroit Red took a spiritual flight
Came back as Malcolm
Malcolm helped raise me out that heroin grave I was digging
He preached. I listened
Be Black/Be Black/Be proud to be Black
Eventually my only care was be proud to be Black
Took a backward glance to the Harlem sixties one day
Realized that memories play beautiful Black magic with Me
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