"Taught2Dance by Black Boys" - Melanie Chartoff at Joshua Tree Comedy Festival, 2017 скачать в хорошем качестве

"Taught2Dance by Black Boys" - Melanie Chartoff at Joshua Tree Comedy Festival, 2017

Lyrics by Melanie Chartoff. Track and Back-up by Marshall and London Jones I WAS BORN IN A LOW-CLASS HOODLUM TOWN QUEEN OF THE PROM WORE A MATERNITY GOWN I WAS ONE OF THE SMARTEST IN MY HOOD WHERE BEIN GOOD WAS BAD AND BEIN BAD WAS GOOD MY FOLKS WERE CRAZY ATHEIST JEWS WHO SAID—'YOU BELIEVE WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE.' BELIEVED SANTA WAS JESUS GROWN UP WITH BLUE EYES THE CRUCIFIXION A BRIS FOR OLD JEWISH GUYS I LIVED MY LIFE IN FANTASY ILLUSION IN MY PONY-TAILED BRAIN A LOT OF CONFUSION SUCH A TWITCHY CREEPY OUTCAST KID NOT CHRISTIAN WASP OR EVEN A YID BUT, I WAS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS YEAH SEE, I WAS A WORDY, NERDY, VERBAL GIRL WHICH WAS WAY UNCOOL IN MY CRUEL SCHOOL WORLD BUT I WANTED TO GIVE MY TALENTS A TRY. I'M LUCKY THEY LET ME LIVE TIL JUNIOR HIGH I WROTE POEMS AND SONGS AND PLAYS AND GOT A'S BUT GOT BEAT UP BAD FOR MY SMARTASS WAYS SINCE BEING A BRAIN WAS NOT SO COOL I HAD TO HELP ALL THE HOODS ON THE TESTS IN SCHOOL. COUGHED ONCE FOR FALSE AND TWICE FOR TRUE ON MULTIPLE CHOICE HERE IS WHAT I'D DO: BURP FOR A, TWITCH FOR B, AND SNEEZE FOR C AND ALL OF THE ABOVE WHEN IT CAME TO D. AT EXAMS THESE SEIZURES SEEMED WORSE AND WORSE SO MY WORRY WART TEACHER SENT ME TO THE NURSE. NURSE SAID 'NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU THAT I CAN SEE' SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORD FOR ANXIETY. TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR SAID: 'IT MUST BE NERVES CUZ CHECKING ON YOUR LEARNING CURVES YOU'RE TOP OF YOUR CLASS, BUT BAD AT PHYS GET OUTA GYM, TAKE DANCE INSTEAD' AT BALLET I SUCKED AND AT TAP CLASS, TOO. COULDN'T FIT IN. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I'M BAWLIN’ IN THE HALL, TYRONE CAME BY AND JIVED ME SMILING—A REALLY NICE GUY. TOLD ME THE TRYOUTS FOR BANDSTAND WERE SOON SOON AS CLASSES GOT OUT IN JUNE AND HE TAUGHT ME SOME MOVES RIGHT OUT IN THE HALLWAY I LIKED EM SO MUCH THAT I DID EM ALL DAY THE SKATE! WATUSI, THE JERK BUGALOO AND I STARTED TO FEEL SORTA SOULFUL TOO The FLY MASHED POTATOES POPEYE THE SWIM! & I TAUGHT THE HOORA TO HIS FRIENDS AND HIM HAVA NAGEELA HAVA NAGEELA! TYRONE WAS MY PARTNER ON THE TV SHOW WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME I REALLY LET GO OH I WAS BAD WHEN I CAME BACK TO CLASS YAY EVERYBODY LIKED ME AT LAST. SO WHENEVER I'M FEELING DOWN AND OUT I SIMPLY REMEMBER I CAN TWIST AND SHOUT AND POP AND LOCK AND NOW HIP HOP I'LL JUST KEEP DANCIN AND NEVER STOP SEE IF YOU GOT THE MOVES AND YOU GOT THE GROOVES AND YOU 'RE FEELIN DOWN, IT SIMPLY BEHOOVES YOU TO DANCE!? Everybody! TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS TAUGHT TO DANCE TAUGHT TO DANCE BY BLACK BOYS