Trinity

Home in Linden

7 years old

Grandmama raking

Through the A-fro

Leftovers getting cold

Sitting on the table

And so... umm

Tender headed, water works

Looking pathetic, clean shirt

2 piece suit, polished shoes

Didn’t give a damn

We was getting good and ready for...

Church (uh)

Listen cause the pastor don’t rehearse

Better get them 20s out your purse

Word of the Lord

(Word of the Lord, and the light, and the love)

If you a scared motherfucker go to...

Front isle in the bleachers

Moms humming Aretha

Cousins check they demeanor

Waving at aunt Tina

Huey repping for the home team

Pay attention’s

What they told me

I was

Sleep with the Crayolas on me

The pastor in poses

Speaking in Lutheran tones

Church (uh)

Sittin sipping liquor I’m the worst

Show me your confessions in a verse

Word of the Lord

(Word of the Lord, and the light, and the love)

If you a scared motherfucker go to...

In between Mia and Julius

After communion

Gave me a buck for the basket

In the Lord’s name I am asking

Do we give bread

So we don’t burn up in a casket?

Aren’t you late for class

Oh right, Sunday school

With cousin Stacia, Vivian too

That good soul food

Got me forgetting I was even in...