killer sharks chasin behind
we play hide
siren!
and out-run cops
they catch
willie
and me
splittin over fence
they knock
in willie's head
hole
they kick me watusi
down
for dead
like yesterday
runnin feet in my brain
won't stop willie lookin blood
beggin me
cut off blackjack pain
so whenever you see me comin
crazy watusi
you call me watusi
i keep a wooden willie
blade and bone out that fence
a high willie da conquieror
listen! up there he talkin
wooden willie got all the sense
i go out to siren street
don't play no more
me and willie beat a certain beat
aimin wood carvin shadows
sometimes i knock on wood
with fist
me and willie play togetherin
and we don't miss
Written by Henry Dumas (1934-1968)
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