lesson from deft/lesson by misterBADD

why do I do it?
well, to teach ya a lesson
(cuz) how often do ya
get to meet a Deaf person?
how often do ya
get to be with this version
of communication in which
you’re uncertain
I heard ya?
and we both know that
embedded in the question
is the knowledge that
we’re certain
that the situation’s worse than
watching Texas Ranger
John Wayne shootin’ in a western:
not at all even aware
of the oppression
in the banal
obsession
with overzealous aggression
and the flat out rejection
without any indiscretion
against those
whose perception
is far from perfection
when it comes to possession
of your
linguistic
expression.
modulation,
inflection.
intonation
(and) declension.
all variation
on a form of vibration
that requires a sensation
of which I’m forsaken
in which isolation
is the primary function
of your oral projection
meeting my
non-submission.
can I get an
AMEN?
..or a
standing ovation?
cuz I’m confronting the
fucking assertion
that those who don’t share sounds
get the end of a weapon!

well in my case
not a peep nor a whisper.
all YOU get is
either hands or some paper;
cuz honestly
you’re my personal Scissor Sisters
cutting me up and floatin’
me down the river
anytime the audio
don’t fit the picture.

any time I look at you
with blank eyes
and you scowl back
in your ignorance and surprise
that anyone would dare
ignore your stern cries
for attention and for
verbal replies.
but see I’m not just someone
that bows and complies.
I know it’s the thing
(that) you truly despise.

you hold contempt for
those who don’t respect your voice
for all of us who don’t
don’t even give you the choice
to fill our heads with your
intolerable noise.
well check it now
I’m gonna use my OWN voice:
no one enjoys
your ploys
least of all
the boys
with no voice.
it annoys
and destroys
deploys
decoys
killjoys
your reliance
on the noise
go in
the corner
with them girls
who tap cheek twice
with a pointer..

I don’t even know
what I’m/you’re saying any more!


what do I do..
to teach you a lesson?
what do I do?
what can I do..
to teach you a lesson?
I’m a Deaf person.
and you better reckon..niiiize
me.

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• alternative hip-hop
• deaf
• disabled artist
• silly
• underground hip hop
• Portland