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Give as good as u take

from Brush & Ink by Malachi Doyle

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I arrived in town with middle class guilt empathy and a taste for weed
Weed opened a world up to me
Poor black oppressed insightful ingenious
I learned and loved and had a crazy time
Good awful laughter tears hysteria
I got to mingle with the world of exiles off the beaten track of my tourist traps
Like steely dan sang I became a third world man

And I looked at life with my face scraping against the road
Good people out there nearly all
More moral than the flirtatious bourgeoisie
Constant and honest
And declaring only a fool trusts another man

In lands of desperation
Bunny wailer sang
“The man oppressed will seem to
Do the worst…”
But they'll also take the lonely in
Ready to rip u off and stab u in the back
But never & this is paramount
Never to humiliate u

If u are humble not inverted proud
If u are without illusions
Ur faith will be returned
When u have escaped & survived
The scrapes
In another time another place
U will see the smiling faces
White teeth from the shadows
Life ain't long for most of the world

Give as good as u take

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from Brush & Ink, released June 24, 2016
Written by Malachi Doyle
©Malachi Doyle 2016

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Malachi Doyle Melbourne, Australia

Born in Melbourne, Australia. Has travelled and toured widely, including long stays in Fiji and the UK to develop a unique blend of Folk, Blues, Country, Reggae and Fijian. Lyrical preoccupations of Love, Social Observation, Protest, God and Whimsy.
More recently he has moved into Expressionist Folk Poetry & Song with Mel From Melbourne and Earth To Malachi, dance parrot and the band Bait. ... more

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