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cycle copyright 1999 bryan paul thomas/radical plastical music (bmi). black boy in your arms and a lullaby. lullaby lies on the radio. it's all good now - but soon you gonna hafta say goodbye. hold him close now. cuz soon you gonna hafta let go cuz this little boy is gonna make you cry one day. this little boy is gonna disappoint you baby's eyes so wide they swallow up everything. baby's eyes so wide they swallow up the whole world. and the boy got the good hair to kick the waves without the do rag. a pretty baby boy like that could grow up to be a threat to all the girls. but this little boy is gonna make you cry one day. this little boy is gonna disappoint you. your precious little boy is gonna die one day. your precious little boy is gonna die before you do. try to find yourself inside his eyes but all you see is his daddy. the sparkle soon to die inside his eyes is all the memory you have of his daddy. may i remind you what his daddy said? may i remind you what his daddy said? he said: 'i know this can never really be love.' as if to prove he was lying, there's the little black boy in your arms. there's the proof that there was love. but the cycle is so efficient now. killing cycle so efficient y'all. be glad it come quick it do not prolong the pain cuz soon there'll be no more black babies at all if it get any more efficient nigger babies be born direct into the grave. so hold that l'il black boy in your arms tonite. hold him close to you pretend you never have to let go. yeah hold that l'il boy in your arms tonite. and listen to the lies on the radio. everything gonna be all right. amazing grace how sweet the sounds. everything gonna be all right. that saved a wretch like me... notes. this is still tough for me to sing. that's about all i can say about it. debuted when only a couple days old at vickie russell's 'songwriters in the round' in new paltz. spoken word at the end is the fourteenth psalm: foreshadowing the end of the world that is the subject of 'one-four.' and 'watchtower.' all stuff copyright 1999 bryan thomas & wt3 records bryanthomas.com