Never Not
Growing up, one thing my daddy told me,
day in day out:
Don’t you ever be no ne’er do good never not
He said, son, don’t be someone
who never know what they’re talking about,
Someone who’s always
talking out of both sides of their mouth
My daddy said them simple souls
always be talking a lot,
speaking on things they know nothing about
Every time they do talk,
they’re saying something wicked and wrong
They never got nothing good to say all day long
Ne’er doing good for no one but themselves,
only thinking ‘bout number uno, and no one else
A never not can always tell you
what’s gonna happen on the next day
They ain’t never wrong ...
because their tomorrow is always yesterday
A never not always wanna be
the one who takes the most shots
A never not don’t ever think their game is off
when they’re missing a lot
Never nots never can tell
when the water has ran out of the well
Never nots never know why
their water buckets keep coming up dry
I’ve seen a few never nots
make my daddy’s radiator upstairs run hot
I’ve seen them make his cuckoo
go back and forth out of the clock
Now that I’m grown, I understand
what my daddy was talking about
How never nots never clean their potty mouth
Ne’er do good, ne’er do right,
they just be nodding and winking wicked all their life
My, oh my, they love taking credit
for things they didn’t do
They love to pay from your pocket,
when they put their order thru
Never nots sho’ love gossiping a lot,
telling everybody what somebody else ain’t got
Never nots ain’t never thinking ‘bout anybody else,
they not thinking ‘bout nobody but themselves
Never nots gon learn a hard truth one day,
when Death calls, big easy talk has little sway
And should God answer,
they better keep their mouth shut,
if they ain’t got nothing good to say
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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