KENDALL WA
MAMBA LUTHER KING (2020)
“Mamba Luther King”! I finished this back in August, I dunno why I waited so long to release it. This is all the pent up anger of the previous 5 months. Police brutality, corona, mass layoffs, crime spikes, the further decline of America, just total unhappiness. Of course there’s a twist cause that’s just how I roll! 😉 It starts with a spoken word inspired by Breonna Taylor ✊🏾 The homie Floating Spirits in Utah helped with production on the last song, which was inspired by one of the last pics of my grandparents together. The front cover was designed by West Side Chi’s own Spicy! If they listen, they’ll get what we’re saying!
The Last Breath of a Queen
I don’t think
People understand the concept of 6 ft
Space between you n me
The distance of the earth to mi feet
The feeling of not being able to breath
Your last breath the gasping
The final memories clasping
The concept of life passing
The day before the laboring
The sweat the tears the laughing
Not knowing today is your peak
Not knowing tomorrow is your defeat
Being told forever to take a seat
It’s intense but they’ll never have us beat
They can take hundreds thousands each
The burning swinging the hanging
The cotton picking the laboring
The You ain’t bright enough to have a seat
The you’re just right enough to serve me
The once your job is done you’re no concern to me
The we’ll pay you less be grateful for opportunity
The risk your life for every cent you see
The we’ve done more for you than your own peeps
The we’ve burned you but no longer acknowledging
The you can serve us
We’ll write in your eulogy loyal servant to you n me
The spit in your face but thank you for your service thing
The don’t tell my ma but I think I’m thirsting
The we stand w you but won’t hire you thing
The first mistake we gon Fire you thing
The we took a major risk on you thing
The straighten your hair it’s not professional thing
The put money in the neighborhood to gentrify thing
The shut all the schools n ask why there’re gangs thing
The why can’t you be like the good ones thing
The you’re not like all the other ones thing
The get on stage n twerk thing
The use your brain get censored thing
The shoot each other for entertainment thing
The why can’t we say the n word we created it thing
The bootstraps
why don’t you pull yourself by your bootstraps
Well my trainers didn’t come w them attached
All I had was a dream
Not to take my last breath as a young queen or king
Toda mi Vida
The getaway/
can we actually getaway w a fifth a day/
Russian vodka for the Antarctic/
tequila in London we’ll teach em how to park it/
somewhere in the psyche I/
have used tequila as an excuse to fight/
a blight on the youth I’ve been all mi life/
can I corrupt more before my twilight/
I spend all day wondering how/
we can rob a bank in style/
Coco Chanel taught me to be estupendos/
no matter where I’m standing no matter how she bending/
the economy tanked we just need fish/
piranhas n iguanas in this American pit/
I’m just trying be stylish/
when the titanic sinks and the violins keep playing/
and grammas keep crocheting/
make something soft for me to lay in/
you gotta pick a pocket or two or treinte/
those were the immortal words from Fagan/
I feel like Oliver Twist in this bitch/
call up Oliver Stone for this flick/
That was before my time this is after it/
God did not put me here to practice abstinence/
he said put your dick in anything that’ll listen/
is it standing barefoot n nekkid in the kitchen/
n that’s not sexist it could be me/
I pay all this rent I could walk nekkid if I please/
I invited you over now one of us get on knees/
or both of us did it in style of doggy/
had her dripping like Miami palm trees/
after the hurricane my flat is beseeched/
Ima whale ima whale but I been beached/
in country that dunno the definition of impeached/
speech speech why he gotta preach/
baby bend over I’m not the only one here who reached/
gotta reach like Muhammad Ali/
my slave name no longer call me/
Veinte treinta catorce quince/
Puerto Rico Mexican beaches/
dame espacio move where you standing/
one wrong move n boom from the cannon/
this planet holds me against mi will/
I’m too much I’m corona like ILL/
Illinois Washington/
California all my blood/
I rolled in mud face was covered/
the things we do to get discovered/
it’s like somebody named Columbus/
saying he found me what a fungus/
built myself but had some help/
once I get wealth we all have wealth/
toda mi vida I can’t rest/
until I get this chip off mi chest/
I’ve sprinted on ice I’ve strolled thru fire/
I’ve accomplished so many obstacles they call me a liar/
I’ve lept while others slept/
wondered how I lapped em w every step/
I started the race in the back of the pack/
but emerged in the front where u been ol chap/
do I hear a clap do I hear a clap/
most likely to fail now not doing too bad
Notting Hill Sound System
They burned the tower blocks/
the estates were on fire lives were loss/
the blacker they are the slower the response/
bleeding out on every sidewalk/
Brixton Town Peckham city/
Grenfell in the house Kensington/
wherever us Africans/
this is our time stand up/
boom that sound system raise a fist/
pretty girls in the room dip/
braids n twists dreads n waves/
surfing they can’t knock us off this wave/
each n everyone of u is brave/
our day is today/
only to the riddim ima slave/
fuck em all we will not behave/
They was all so happy all mi ese dap me/
get mi Red Stripe slushy better make it snappy/
had crisps n chips her left hip it dipped/
she went down in the splits her dress had the slit/
her chest spelled out sex mouth to me who’s next/
my life is a sin get rid of this hex/
call me Jonah/
I ain’t studied a chest this hard since I got a diploma/
we was shoulder to shoulder/
lift her over my shoulder got a scent of the chocha/
iPhone died someone grab the camcorder/
we call it fizzy drink or soda mix the Patron up/
I brought tequila from home/gimme ya number so later I can give ya a phone a/
maybe bone ya/
we turn to archaeologist when we start to dig/
each other/
all the nasty stuff we do is like we never had no mother/
dap mi brothers/
missing it this year it make me shudder/
the West Indies Puertorriqueñas Dominicanas/
mob these streets/
shorty w the wings the pink pasties/
made me praise the lord n hit mi knees/
Ghana Uganda Rwanda/
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
Nigeria Botswana/
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
Ethiopia Jamaica
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
Kenya Grenada
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
South Africa Bahamas
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
Africa Africa
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
Caribbean Caribbean
bang the Notting Hill sound system/
The Cop Anthem
The coppers yelled on the ground/
hands behind ya back don’t ya shout/
license n registration please reach slowly/
please reach slowly what you grabbing homie/
there were beautiful women if you ask mi opinion/
we should all be swimming in vagina n linen/
tonight/
why we gotta fight tonight/
mi legs were spread mi sack was raised/
now they got me dancing like I just tased/
there were Bonita señoritas that were national treasures like Nicolas Cage/
yo it’s all the rage/
mi ancestors used to pick cotton yea they were slaves/
please un cuff me sir this is a rave/
this is the day that blue lives matter cuz I’m wearing Charger blue/
and her tight dress is blue girl I feel a part of u/
This is the anthem get your hands up/
get on the ground baby boo now stand up/
hands behind ya back as I whisper sweet nothings in ya ear/
now let ya dignity disappear/
nu uh that ain’t the same
nu uh that ain’t the same
nu uh that ain’t the same
nu uh that ain’t the same
This is the state of the union taking communion/
I put this wafer in ya mouth you drink me down no confusion/
they threw me in the institution now I’m back w a vengeance/
they treat me like a murder when mi license was suspended/
that’s a helluva conviction I can’t get a job/
feel like a bum mi dignity just drop/
Ima need my props did you forget who I am/
you gon cry me a river do I need to give a dam/
here I am here I am black n white stripes like Elvis/
blue suede shoes impressing young Presley/
Memphis Tennessee you the only 10 I see/
who am I speaking to you the only one in this vicinity/
is my life fucked can I not fuck/
can I not drown mi sorrows in this big club/
standing 6 feet part like in junior high/
I forgot we still in quarantine/
This is the anthem get your hands up/
get on the ground baby boo now stand up/
hands behind ya back as I whisper sweet nothings in ya ear/
now let ya dignity disappear/
nu uh that ain’t the same
nu uh that ain’t the same
nu uh that ain’t the same
nu uh that ain’t the same
Now go funk yourself
The copper told me go funk yourself
Now go funk yourself
Now go funk yourself
Now go funk yourself
Now go funk yourself
They bust in our homes they give us no warnings/
they make us out to be the criminals our homecoming warming/
brought as slaves I ain’t naive enough to think/
you don’t think I should still be/
the economy collapsed now you wanna blame me/
somebody got shot in the Chi now you wanna frame me/
finger on mi nose toes on the line/
do this balancing act stare in mi flashlight/
you better be Simone Biles you better be Gabby Douglas/
they put me on a balance beam after it had me cussing/d
espués I dunno what I’m sposed to say
dile dime/
Mexicowave
I got mi salsa mi pico de Gallo/
all smiles riding a caballo/
I left Roma sur hit Roma Norte/
met a señorita de Uruguay
the angel statue couldn’t baptize me enuff times/
todo tiempo en el mundo/
tú puedes tienes you still couldn’t move a thang/
I’m a sismo soy earthquake/
I shake buildings latinoamericano all in it’s feelings/
gotta go back/
waaaay back
to when Chris berman was calling Monday night football/
when Kendall said fuck it n turned to European fútbol/
we put up walls Trump said build more/
I said fuck can at least get me agave/
throw the llaves to the Citroen don’t you stall me/
left mi slump like I recovered from palsy/
he so ballsy flossy there is no glossary
of mi kinda excess/
hands in the air like how the hell am I in debt/
chinga tu madre that boys a real American/
I was in Mexico like a jerk told that chick to twerk/
get off early from work temprano trabajo sure/
you tryna ride the wave babe I’m tryna surf like the Internet word/
we ain’t beginning yet but we ain’t finished it what’s for cena hey hey/
just crossed the border baby I’m tryna hit your Oaxaca n give you these pyramids/
chica she fresher than spearmint
get a load of this experiment/
it’s all the Kenny experience you gon figure out why they call me Kong/
took a rip of the bong ripped the thong streak across coyoacan/
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
She said stay outta Doctores/
I said I’m no longer a tourist/
then I walked thru Doctores/
I think I’ll stay outta Doctores/
I’m bout to buy in Cuauhtémoc/
si tú sabes un realtor dígales/
what a journey I took from mi first breath in Cali/
now I’m in the Mexico valley/
why you pouting/
I love when you pouting cuz your lips even more thick/
mi pants covered in lipstick/
I changed her oil w mi dipstick
hit the oxxo for some shhhh..../
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca
Happy Trees
Ever since I was adolescent listening to 213's Sublime/
I tried/
to quell mi anxiety w whatever pill whatever thrill/
or hitting someone on the football field/
on the pitch I would kick/
I would lift some balls over some heads n then dip/
on the court I would sport sagging shorts/
big tees hide the ball in mi shirt shoot 3s like Curry/
took golf clubs from mi rich homies/
took those clubs bashed the windows of my chemistry/
teacher's 1993 Camry/
I’ll be dammed if you give me a d - but it wasn’t me/
the malaise of mi days in the 2000s/
time flies but I ain’t pouting/
smoking weed running track having girls do my math/
as I slapped on they ass n drew a bath/
like Bob Ross these are happy trees/
these the tings leave ogs on they knees/
these the tings carried thru Kingston streets/
Now it don’t mean a thing/
if it ain’t got that lean/
Lemme paint a picture like John Lennon/
of marmalade pools n porcelain pictures/
of a hazy June of smog filled valleys n mountains/
of high school Kendall we just found the youth fountain/
of skateboarders of drug dealers of long hair/
of pretty white girls who love me n go bare/
flash me n ask for threesomes making out by trees/
coming late into practice after I’m cumming/
now the Mexican girls always tickled my fancy/
I asked Kayla for a hit she took it as something different/
the backseat of mi Subaru was a track meet/
who can cum faster who gon be lucky to serve me/
road head on the interstate had me swerving/
17 emo Aimee with the huge rack/
purple hair that shit was the bomb like Iraq/
I think I’ll be coming back/
like Bob Ross these are happy trees/
these the tings leave ogs on they knees/
these the tings carried thru Kingston streets/
Now it don’t mean a thing/
if it ain’t got that lean/
Ya gotta hear the system baby/
if you wan be in the system baby/
life is too hard/
Why would you branch out on ya home/
If Jah has a path I would follow it off a cliff/
And levitate to a greater day
Some folk wan get high/
some folk gwan watch world burn como ganja/
some gwan try throw stones in glass houses/
then get pissy when it shatters/
some gwan hate when you’re life ain’t in tatters/
they gwan you as sad as them or sadder/
some folk gwan hate overachiever/
they gwan hate fun they gwan hate the sun/
some gwan hate your locks n melanin/
too much soul for them/
some gwan no see the point/
they gwan die right where they were born/
some gwan feel the need to kill your chill/
some need hate to feel fulfilled/
some gwan should burn the leaf/
some gwan may feel relief/
Americanize It
They say that we are wrong/
Keep us distracted w the brain fog/
Be like us walk like us
Paint these frail black bodies in chalk like us
Keep em swinging in the wind
Killing morals is a win
The face that you put on
Let’s put a smile on it before you move on
I think I gotta Groupon
Check ya pulse, neck heart left wrist
Right wrist stop think about it
You feeling good doubt it
Mi health insurance should cover it
Haha
So naive 4 Pisces
Couldn’t believe & stay over trusting
Your governments overthrusting w no Vaseline/
Pack it in boys mission accomplished
We successfully divided the conflict
Kept em distracted and immobile
Keep on eating keep being idle
Americanize it/
too much iffy iffy so diffy diffy/
Americanize it/
from the Middle East to Mississippi/
Americanize it/
fastfood on every corner w msg/
Americanize it/
I’m glad you subscribe to it
I got the itch and I feel it might be the end/
I hear the simps but I ain’t going out like this/
Oh no we worked too hard
We marched n marched
We got thus far
Now you want us to turn back
Americanize it/
too much iffy iffy so diffy diffy/
Americanize it/
from the Middle East to Mississippi/
Americanize it/
fastfood on every corner w msg/
Americanize it/
I’m glad you subscribe to it
So What
This is baseline/
when she in my home she put down the iPhone
and give a brotha FaceTime/
hands on her waistline/
She’s the heroin that I mainline mi veins might/
explode from the pure ecstasy what do you expect from me/
from San Diego to Schenectady/
I just wanna kiss on her neck it’s a stretch to me/
i used to be on the bench now I’m varsity/
used to be Man United now I’m Man City/
she knows all the back roads to connect n get to me/
she knows mi Corazón is beyond the bluff
took mi bluff/
got me like
so what/
Enterprising tantalizing fantasizing we don’t stop/
energizing never dying we got it beat like the cops/
so surprising always rising homie we gon never fall/
never dying multiplying we spread till we own it all/
Remueva top remueva bra/
keep on shoes babe keep on socks/
tus calcetines son muy sexy/
hace tanto calor
que no se que hacer/
how much can you bare how much can you take/
what’s the limit till you break/
I been known to give chicks the shakes/
I been known to create nymphos so pump ya breaks/
we did it 6 times just today/
and you wanna suggest otra vez/
what kinda voodoo you got over me/
or am I here to pollinate overies/
shit I’m due/
once we get over this strand of flu/
I assume you’ll assume/
the position
Enterprising tantalizing fantasizing we don’t stop/
energizing never dying we got it beat like the cops/
so surprising always rising homie we gon never fall/
never dying multiplying we spread till we own it all/
So what we could die in an instant/
we could get wiped off existence/
what you wan do in this instance/
what’re yo 3 wishes/
is it for life to be infinite/
is it for money is it for honey/
there’s the pot reach for it all
so what/
did it make you any more feliz/
are you ready to break the lease/
sign on this dotted line/
break one contract then resign/
you ever feel that we going in circles/
did I do that Urkle/
I broke the continuum/
yet you still the only one that I love/
Enterprising tantalizing fantasizing we don’t stop/
energizing never dying we got it beat like the cops/
so surprising always rising homie we gon never fall/
never dying multiplying we spread till we own it all/
Make a Baby
We can’t travel no more might as well make a baby/
might as well might as well am I crazy/
am I brazy can I split a couple a legs/
bred a couple eggs n teach em to get ahead/
this nonsense I been fed helped me duck the feds/
this life is a dreg/
I feel like an MLB player peddling peds turning heads/
homerun after homerun but no one check/
mi bloodstream been tainted a drop from me/
could infect the local aqueduct w Kenny dopamine
I’m on the mound you went 0 for 3/
I opened the game I’m also closing/
know how many no hitters I threw/
left swingers sniffling in they shoulders like achoo/
it’s all on me I am the cause of the flu/
you knew that I knew yet you did nothing about it what a ruse/
Hey lady let’s do something crazy
How bout it me n u make a baby
We been scratching the surface we been toeing the line
We practice so much it might just be time
I’ve honed my skills you feel the appeal/
this is against mi will please stay still/
mi testament I been hesitant but eloquent/
I just wanna lay you down on sheets that elegant/
the rooms too full someone move this elephant/
gently no need to pelt the kid/
we so different but opposites attract/
I got the balls I threw em you got the snatch/
you got the lunch pale I got the snack packs/
lay on your back babe I’m only spitting facts/
hashtag this n hashtag that/
post me like LeBron James or Shaq/
this love will never fade-away like Kobe/
this love is here to stay like Kobe/
be mi Mambacita in mi 2 seater/
you can blow ya boy while I blow the speaker/
Hey lady let’s do something crazy
How bout it me n u make a baby
We been scratching the surface we been toeing the line
We practice so much it might just be time
We could create the future/
the never breaking chain of love and power maintains/
all I asked for was your name/
then in a white dress you’re draped/
seeing it tight against your shape/
this is how our life shaped/
1 date 2 date then a first kiss/
got married bought a house then our 1st kid/
2nd kid n 3rd kid by the time the 4th was walking/
we started planning their college/
I saw your first grey played it off/
even tho you always throw mine in my face/
your hip went out and I could barely stand/
no worries as long as I can hold your hand/
like our 1st date/
my last breath was a journey through the whole thing/
Hey lady let’s do something crazy
How bout it me n u make a baby
We been scratching the surface we been toeing the line
We practice so much it might just be time