la-di-da llama was a laughing stock
wore necklace as large as a boulder rock
pranced around in an embroidered smock
had a mink coat made from a fancy frock
la-di-da llama lived up high on our block
one of the happiest animals in Farmer Fred’s flock
Well, la di da, just look at you.
I see how far you’ve climbed.
You think the common words you speak
sound like sweet poems rhymed?
So are you really all that great?
That sparkling new veneer
you show to us – with a few swipes
I know I could besmear.
Oh, la di da, you act as if
in awe we should kowtow
to you, who think you’ve got a roar.
It’s just a cat’s meow.
I know the you that lies beneath
the fancy clothes you wear.
You think you’re better than old friends -
yet still breathe our same air
So, la di da, Oh, la di da
to you and all your kind.
With toilet paper all the rich
are wiping their behind.
No different or better than
the rest of us are you.
You married up, but give it time . . .
your act he will see through.
LA-DI-DA
There’s an honesty in struggle
Despite pressure to overcome
There are others with privilege
That’s sending a clear message
Still felt very strongly by some
With responsibilities to juggle
Fancy Is perhaps a wrong word
Never for style and celebration
But if it’s used for showing off
Even owning a top hat to doff
Ignoring the echoes of a nation
Only the superficiality is heard
Yet from despair, pride can rise
As one can keep that steely gaze
All stories deserving to be retold
So live the new, not just the old
With the rest of us all to amaze
As humanity is seen in our eyes
Suffice I say
What's under way
I see myself
And I relish
Comsi comsa
La-di-da
The choice I choose
Hoop-Dee-Doo
Royalty blu I see myself
And I relish
La-di-da
Comsi comsa
1/11/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020
La-di-da land
In la-di-da land
The style is grand
The people are presumptuous
And their spending ostentatious
Their language is grandiloquent
But their thinking faculty is somnoluent
There, the smallest animal is elephant
And their look is elegant
The people love conspicuous consumption
And at all times, they crave for sweet sensation
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