Roman Goddess Razor - spoken word edit

Please listen gentlemen and ladies,
pretend I’m bananarama and this is the 80s
But two decades later the accolades have yet to be heard
For this is the first time this girl will use her words

With an open mind, open eyes, and the ability to despise apathy
I seem to find unheard cries and people sleep walking at me

I see an
Ignorant voter,
empty mind,
echoing head,
emotions raging red
Read the newspaper last year
and fear’s been reigning ever since
His dunce hat fits well,
it was tailored to fit to the times,
we’re guilty of crimes
humanity replaced by vanity,
mirrored in the media,
repeated on the blogs
hog the limelight,
burning bright lights
and overdone hype
lemon-lime soda
is caffeine free,
and yes men on the news all agree
we’re the generation who’s too lazy to breathe

I read the news today
Oh girl
This whirlwind whips up my emotions
Dry legs need lotion,
The goddess of my razor is
Fueling the latest craze or
just another mass media market
Spark it and park it,
Gas prices get out of hand
So stay at home, and start another rock band

Boyfriends,
Girlfriends,
one way streets and dead ends
Deadbeat dads
and the latest fads,
broadcast on broadband
YES WE CAN Raise your hand
Be counted and count to ten
Control your emotions when we’re ignored yet again
Pen a letter to congress,
digress into a rant,
Politicians attacked, no problems explained
Feigned attacks and listing what you lack,
he likes your rack
But doesn’t see your mind,
Find meaning in leaving
His colander mind,
you slipped through, leaving your essence behind
Unwind like a cassette,
You let yourself be tossed out
Lost another bout with reality versus your duality

I read the news today
Oh girl
This whirlwind whips up my emotions
Dry legs need lotion,
The goddess of my razor is
Fueling the latest craze or
just another mass media market
Spark it and park it,
When gas prices get out of hand
Stay at home, and start another rock band

Sing songs to empty walls,
decorate them like Escher
Another MC
that wouldn’t agree with the status quo
That’s the way it goes,
Or so would say Vonnegut
Who’d go on again,
Rambling thoughts interrupted when
The chapter’d end and
next thought began
without an intro
Who needs it though?
Reality got confused today
What does the media have to say?

I read the news today
Oh girl
This whirlwind whips up my emotions
Dry legs need lotion,
The goddess of my razor is
Fueling the latest craze or
just another mass media market
Spark it and park it,
When gas prices get out of hand
Stay at home, and start another rock band

Pseudo-science is an art
and I’ll take it apart
ratings off the charts
as I break your arguments the way she’d break your heart
Just shut up when you don’t have a point,
Appoint a leader
Walmart greeters and trick or treaters are both friendly
And unwanted.
Haunted house with phantom friends
Dead ends, discovered on google maps,
keystroke types
Enough hype,
used the internet to discover another lover
Covered your tracks,
packed and tracked his path
E-stalker on facebook, figured she’d take another look
Never read a book,
but knew spark notes and themes
Had a sense of direction, but she lost all her dreams

I read the news today
Oh girl
This whirlwind whips up my emotions
Dry legs need lotion,
The goddess of my razor is
Fueling the latest craze or
just another mass media market
Spark it and park it,
When gas prices get out of hand
Stay at home, and start another rock band


Sing your blues and belt technicolor fantasies
Change realities or just let them be
Like his sorry ass, he was a bit too crass

He was slow to think, and quick to judge
Sweet like chocolate, thick like fudge
Black and white and read like the news
Now on youTube with 2 million views

I was the news today
Oh girl
This whirlwind whips up my emotions
Going through the motions,
I’m a Roman Goddess just like my razor
it’s the latest craze or something more
So open the door, and open your mind
Change direction and try to find the sense of adventure you left behind
Curse when you’re foiled and burn the midnight oil

be a Roman goddess like my razor
I’m the latest craze or maybe just the latest crazy
Lazy-boy, oh girl
I read the news today. Oh girl, I read the news.




(Original version previously posted - but I cropped it and added an intro yesterday for an open mic. Went pretty well considering that it was my second time doing spoken word before an audience.)