The Phyllis Wheatley Club

[martyr]

The Phyllis Wheatley Club
by Berkeley Social Scene
lyrics by Phillis Wheatley

[Verse]
Twas mercy brought from my Pagan land,
Taught me benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, and a Savior too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.

[Pre-chorus]
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their color is a diabolic die."

[Chorus]
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley

[Verse]
Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, and a Savior too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.

[Pre-chorus]
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin'd and join th'angelic train.

[Chorus]
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley

[Solo / Pre-chorus]

[Chorus]
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley
On Being Brought From Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley

[iVeg]

The Phyllis Wheatley Club

Phillis
You used to kill us
With your A A B B rhyme schemes
And fastidious vocabulary

Wheatley
Now it's grafitti
Sisters brag about their booties
Turnt up, twerking with their uzis

Phillis was the slave ship that brought you
Wheatley was the merchant who bought you
The Clubs were grounded in Victorian propriety
You'd be ashamed of our modern society

"Lifting As We Climb"
Fighting crime in the hood
Pullilng kids from the rubble
Phillis Wheatley and her poetry
Inspired at the turn of the last century
God can she do it today?
We pray for the Phyllis Wheatley Club

O-o-oh Phillis
You used to kill us
With your classical allusions
And stiff New England piety

Wheatley
Rhyming so sweetly
You mixed with European Royalty
Too bad you died so tragically



[c part]

[Toby Roktot]

THE PHILLIS WHEATLEY CLUB
toby roktot
spoken: (E) END OF A DIRT ROAD SITS A DUSTY SHACK
DOOR CREAKS OPEN, YOU WANT TO TURN BACK
SULTRY VOICE CALLS FROM THE DARKNESS INSIDE
LOOK FOR SOMEPLACE ELSE, THERE’S NO WHERE TO HIDE
V1: (E, Am) LEADS YOU DOWN THE HALL FEEL HER HOT BREATH
(C, D) FROM THE DARK COMES A VELVETY CARESS
CANDLE LIT TABLE DUSTY BOOK OF PROSE
YOU SNEEZE INTO YOUR SLEEVE AS THE DUST GOES UP YOUR NOSE
spoken: (E) REPUTATION IS LEGEND, FAR AND WIDE
AGELESS BEAUTY, TENDERNESS AND PRIDE
SELECT FEW TRAVEL, THAT DIRT ROAD
IT’S UP TO YOU, A PRINCE OR A TOAD
V2: (E, Am) WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND HER FIND BURNING LIPS
(C, D) RESPONSE TO YOUR KISS SHE PULLS BACK AND STRIPS
ALL INHIBITIONS DISCRETELY FALL AWAY
PHILLIS MOLDS YOUR SOUL LIKE KINDERGARTEN CLAY
spoken: PHILLIS WHEATLEY TOOK THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED BY
MATTRESS IN A DUSTY SHACK NO ONE ASKED WHY
SHE COULD RHYME A LINE, SECOND TO NONE
KNEW WE ‘D GET IT ON WHEN POETRY WAS DONE
V3: REPUTATION LEGEND, FAR AND WIDE
AGELESS BEAUTY, TENDERNESS AND PRIDE
LISTEN TO HER POEMS, FEEL HER VELVET GLOVE
A PROUD MEMBER OF THE PHILLIS WHEATLEY CLUB….

[glennny]

Phillis Wheatley Club
Music by WSA
Lyrics : Melvin and Frisbee

Verse 1
Some men break
Some women cry
Sky grows darker
And children die

But if the spirit finds you
You'll never walk alone
Don't matter where they take you
You'll always find your home

Chorus 1
You'll find sunshine in the rain
You'll find beauty in the pain
If you know what I'm speaking of
Join the club

Verse 2
Some cannot see a future
Some still long for the past
No life don't get no easier
But our spirit, it will last

And if you let it take you
You will rise up into the sky
oh, please listen when I tell you
This love will never die

Chorus 2
We'll find sunshine in the rain
We'll find beauty in the pain
If you know what I'm speaking of
Join the club

Bridge
Every tear will feed the earth
Every life comes from the dirt
Every loss will see rebirth
Just hold on to something

Chorus 3
I find sunshine in the rain
I find beauty in the pain
If you know what I'm speaking of
Join the club