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allone (usa) - rush hour lyrics

it’s 1998 and i’m ten
crunching mouthfuls of m&ms
twizzlers and some zours with my friends
watching rush hour in the cineplex
we were in st-tches giggling
pretty much from the t-tle right up until the end
a couple scenes had stuck with me
including the snippet when jackie chan
had said some word beginning with an n
and then the dude in the clip got super p-ssed
and they had the fight doing cool moves with the pool sticks
at that we at that we laughed
returned to school sincerely happy to have some
gags to share during and after lunch foolish
cl-ss clowns just acting dumb trying to be cool kids
recess that monday at jericho elementary was treated like a talent show
we ran up to every kid on the field
reenacting cl-ssic knee slapping quotes
especially the one with the “n” word, hadn’t known
what it meant sure but we laughed like dopes
got outta recess and the teach’ was in a bad mood
hollered my name i was grabbed rudely by the collar
enraged, she dragged me to the doorway
and who’s that cl-ssmate standing ashamed in the hallway
but one of rare few black students
tears cascading down his cheeks
i asked why she had been so mean
when forming this sad group and why we had to meet!?
the teacher scowled incredulous
asking if i had said some cr-ss expletive
that i’d like to say “sorry” for
ingenuous
i asked if they could clarify or
help me understand the crime i was called outside for
(all the while he just sobbed and cried more)
he recalled the story of our exchange, eyes sore
when i repeated the rush hour line of course
(the one with the n mystery)
i didn’t get it so i said this and
timidly admitted i quoted it indiscriminately
and no one else exhibited misery
then they explained the significance to me
i felt like a troglodyte
honest, i apologized which moderately mollified his melancholy solemn eyes
i walked inside locking eyes on the hard tile floor horrified and unnerved
with sickened wonder
that my soft and bright tongue turned on me
and could do so much hurt with one word
and with the bane of ignorance
i tainted that little kid
our exchange gave him
his first racist experience
and i wonder decades later
how it resonates across the years he’s lived

- allone usa lyrics

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