English Essay Blues
Oh dear mama I got dem ol' English essay blues agen
Got de words of Achebe and Miller and Keats stuck in mah head
Damn you English essay
[Chorus:] Whoa, whoa, whoa, damn you to hell~
Damn you, English essay
You done gone gimme dem ol' blues
And now lil' mama wants to cry cry cry
She gonna cry coz she jus' DON'T KNOW
Why Achebe done gone did this and that and this
Or why Keats done gone used damn assonance
[Chorus:] Whoa, whoa, whoa, damn you to hell~
You got alliteration and sibilance
You got rhyme schemes and Romanticism
But I ain't gonna get no good ol' grade
And so I gonna cry, cry, cry
Coz my English teacher -- she be harsh, she go gimme C.
[Chorus:] Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm going to hell~