The Good Fight

from Hymnal for the First Church of the Secular Society by Lloyd Brodnax King

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I am capturing the flag of my neighbor's disposition
I am riding on the CTA
I am smiling in the bilingual embrace
Come on take to the hood where the smoke is happening
Fledgling with a lower cigarette
Fledgling in the cool night air
Step into the bubble now
Look who got in
Look who got in trouble now

I am capturing the flag of my neighbor's post-collective
Which is churning like a tidal wave
I cower at the sight of it
I duck and shrug and feel a small giddiness inside
A nervous laughter
At the crazy idea
That I just might mount that tidal wave
And ride it like a beach boy
All the way to shore

White people, age of wonder
I love you, I love you
Catching the nigger by the toe
Finding the nigger in your soul

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from Hymnal for the First Church of the Secular Society, released November 2, 2020
music & lyrics: Lloyd Brodnax King
cover art: Oli Watt

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Lloyd Brodnax King Chicago, Illinois

Current: Brodnax and the Crackerjax, The Soulbillys, Funkadesi, an evolving body of string quartets.

Past: NEA fellowship, Lloyd Brodnax King Trio Live at DePaul with Fareed Haque and Larry Gray, Jeff Awards, The Obscure News, “Stoopin” chapbook in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Education: Marcel Moyse, James Moody, MM Chicago Musical College, BA Marlboro College, dinner table history lessons. ... more

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