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Monkz Point

“…every now & then you just gotta get Harlem wit’ it. You know that ol’ school Harlem. That Big Band Harlem, y’nah what eye mean? I remember when eye was livin’ in Harlem… Me & my dudes, We used to try & reenact the rent parties, be playin’ that Big Band (Drinkin’ that Ballantine). Be so hot in summer, the fans break, the air conditionin’ go out. We still gettin’ it, y’nah what Eye mean? On some mysterious Thelonious Monk shit, ya dig...”

N.Y. TRIBE: Ain’t nothin’ simple
some may call Us mental
but We rather kick back & just laugh.
We work too hard for thisto not live marvelous
even though all of this will someday pass.
It ain’t that We’re crazy
it’s just that We live in crazy times.
& I heard, “Crazy don’t like ugly.”
So, We’re ugly, crazy, FINE.”

& as for me, I’m…
Well, You Needn’t ask….
I’m Mr. Misterioso= man of a thousand mask-basked –
in the light, even On The Sunny Side Of The Street at night
I stay diligent on my path,mixin’ Epistrophy’s with epiphanies
until Eye see one of my Gs, who just love to laugh at life
so, We smash down the Avenue to have a few “Get Rites-”
nothin’ discreet, lil’ bit behind the beat
“cuz We’re feelin’ it- dealin’ it- what We’re healin’ wit’
ain’t killin’ it- We buildin’ it”
for the pursuit of perfection which We seek
as our minds leap, & the blind teach sight through confessions like, “Off Minor progressions from
Just You, Just Me&My Dear, Ruby-”
answerin’ questions with a question
like, “What exactly is Ugly Beauty?”
we put the Four In Onegained Brilliant Corners from
Mary Lou Williams.
Catch us dancin’ in sacred circles
on Our square all Blue Spherelike nobody’s there
until reach Monk’s Point& anoint ya ears.

N.Y. TRIBE: Ain’t nothin’ simple
some may call Us mental
but We rather kick back & just laugh.
We work too hard for thisto not live marvelous
even though all of this will someday pass.
It ain’t that We’re crazy
it’s just that We live in crazy times.
& I heard, “Crazy don’t like ugly.”
So, We’re ugly, crazy, FINE.”

-fuck what’s in ya wallets
fuck whose piggy bank is the tallest
fuck cares who the walrus is?
fuck every word They ever called us, shift
fuck who’s the ballin'-est ballers, in this bitch
in fact, with greater scrutiny Eye declare mutiny on this ship
now, who the fuck is up for It?
Eye don’t wear no Guy Fawkes mask
I mask my math & blast until Eye have
a stab at the casket-fuck it, Eye’m in the pulpit
laughin’ at these ass kiss, mutha fuckas who shashed It,
baskets for Them bastards.

NY TRIBE: Ain’t nothin’ simple
some may call Us mental
but We rather kick back & just laugh.
We work too hard for thisto not live marvelous
even though all of this will someday pass.
It ain’t that We’re crazy
it’s just that We live in crazy times.
& I heard, “Crazy don’t like ugly.”
So, We’re ugly, crazy, FINE.”

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Madison Washington Paris, France

Madison Washington is the brainchild of thatmanmonkz, a DJ/producer from Sheffield, England, and Malik Ameer, a rapper/poet from Oakland, California now living in Paris, France.

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