Gas Pump Music Duel by wbiro at All poetry

(a study in cultural contrasts piece)

should be read with the accompanying music: Gas Pump Music Duel which illustrates the contrast in its own way. The music is a combination of the following two contrasting pieces:

“Bad News”

by 50 Cent

and “In This Wilderness a Love of Old” music from “The Sable” by Random Goldfish words by wbiro

Rule number one pick a target and study him for weeks
See where they rest at and lay with their peeps
Now you got the drop, know their daily routine
So the 2nd rule please leave the crime scene please
3rd rule pick a day, 4th rule pick a time
5th rule pick a fifth, 6th rule pick a nine
And the seventh rule make sure your sidearm sweet
So when the shootout you leave him 6 feet deep

Use a ski mask with shades on your eyes
9th rule don't say shit cause Po-Po listen
Fuck around you end up being stuck in the system
And the 10th rule don't put a tag on a broken heart
Just put a toe-tag on your mark
And rule number 11, you caught a body but you not a legend
You better watch where you heading

[Chorus]
I don't like you, you don't like me
Its not likely that we'll ever be friends

I don't like you, you don't like me
Its not likely that we'll ever be friends
Why pretend? (Ma, 50's back at it again)

[50 cent]
Go ahead go against me I'll hurt your feelings
Stones in my cross the size of your earrings
My confidence level's high nigga can't tell
Licking my lips at cha bitch like im L L.
I smile like a nigga in jail receiving mail
Better yet like nigga Bookers that made bail
From day one I came in the game they said I was hot
They got scared, "Cent got money", and I got shot
You put pressure on me when you compare me to Pac
I'm just a new kid, I can't help that I'm hot
What little niggaz say to 50 cent don't matter
I'll fire shots at the ship and watch the seas scatter
my enemies never turn into friends,

Record execs know not to play with my checks
I come through and put my knife cause I'm a pain your neck (YEAH!)

[Chorus]
I don't like you, you don't like me
Its not likely that we'll ever be friends
Why pretend? (Ma, 50's back at it again)
I don't like you, you don't like me
Its not likely that we'll ever be friends
Why pretend? (Ma, 50's back at it again)

Lloyd Banks in the house, bad news
Tony Yayo in the house, bad news
50 cent in the house, bad news

40 Kal's in the house, bad news
I got a knife in the house, bad news whenever 50 around its bad news

Rule number one pick a target and study him for weeks
See where they rest at and lay with their peeps
Now you got the drop, know their daily routine
So the 2nd rule please leave the crime scene please
3rd rule pick a day, 4th rule pick a time
5th rule pick a fifth, 6th rule pick a nine
And the seventh rule make sure your sidearm sweet
So when the shootout you leave him 6 feet deep

8th meet in a fast car with disguise

Use a ski mask with shades on your eyes
9th rule don't say shit cause Po-Po listen
Fuck around you end up being stuck in the system

Locked in solitude, I prayed,

memories like a songbook played;

shadows danced, mistily stained the glass

where sweet images framed this lass...

Black haired, I once swayed ...his love

distant as the stars above;

mysteries twisted our hands apart,

feelings lost but in this flute and harp...

Treasured gifts I had ...received,

for eternity ...believed;

certainties sought but were never found,

traveling over uncertain ground...

Passing where my heart had been,

can he see my heart within?

Just as I married a life with him,

suns then set, life ahead grows dim...

Willowed-ribboned branches sway

touched his eyes with mirth and playin the

deep forest greens, where I won

my first glance from his heart and song...

Summers turned to autumn gold,

still charmed, still his hands ...I held;

life so rich, delights in earthly sounds,

sorrow in gladness ...was ever drowned.

Autumns turn to winters, cold,

feelings unforeseen ...unfold;

seasons when love was held high to tests,

hearts were torn in puzzled breasts...

Winters cede their cold ...to spring,

tiny seeded flowers bring

meadows wild, beautiful, uncontrolled;

in this wilderness, my love of old.

Another not-your-usual-poetry-fare-that-I-think-you'll-enjoy piece from yours truly.

(Hey, who else is going to toot my wildly-creative horn?!!)

Author notes

You must read it with the music to truly appreciate the cultural contrast. So there I was, late-night pumping gas, the usual rap blaring out of a neighboring car, so I cranked up "The Sable" to break the monotony... and there it was- a gas pump music duel. (I thought it made for a very nice (and eye-opening, hence this piece) cultural contrast...!)

Poems/Scores to the Music of Random Goldfish:
(in reverse chronological order)

Thinking of August- Now or Never http://allpoetry.com/poem/5893739

Thinking of August- Duo (piano and cello) http://allpoetry.com/poem/5660705

Thinking of August- Acoustic Grand Piano http://allpoetry.com/poem/5892115

Thinking of August- Electric http://allpoetry.com/poem/5435359

Sweet August Days to Come http://allpoetry.com/poem/5423787

Sometimes... Faces http://allpoetry.com/poem/4940637

The Moon Tonight- Christmas from Ireland http://allpoetry.com/poem/4895079

Then the Merry Fiddlers Came http://allpoetry.com/poem/4885481

'Round a Grand Carousel http://allpoetry.com/poem/4778751

Two Souls Rooted Deep Within http://allpoetry.com/poem/4776245

A Dream- Where the Water Sleeps http://allpoetry.com/poem/4756347

Lune Sings http://allpoetry.com/poem/4397931

Gas Pump Music Duel http://allpoetry.com/poem/3449548

Chained in Silver http://allpoetry.com/poem/3385242

A New Autumn Day http://allpoetry.com/poem/3308104

Merry Merry Wiccan Wiccan Friends http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/3293000

In this Wilderness a Love of Old http://allpoetry.com/poem/3244044

The Sable http://allpoetry.com/poem/3239364

Donkey Feathers http://allpoetry.com/poem/3238828

The Obsidian Tree http://allpoetry.com/poem/3059430

The Forest Altar http://allpoetry.com/poem/2648314

The Snowy Banks http://allpoetry.com/poem/2646132

(some scores modified by me)

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Random Goldfish
September 28, 2007

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Haha...that picture just makes me smile...it's so silly but that's why I love it!

You should re-write the rap lyrics in "street" ...haha I could help with that...at my school I have been trained well with street talk and ebonics!

I've had the same thing happen at the gas station by my house...we call it the Murder Mart...well because...you do the math...

Someone is blasing some rap at three in the morning and I'm blasting Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in G major...

I get weird looks...but I'm always smiling! ^_^
- wbiro
  September 28, 2007
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  well, so your no stranger to cultural contrasts, good that you spread a little counter-culture yourself! But don't go out of your way, the dark alleys are dangerous... lol at your murder-mart, now you've got me concerned for your safety, though you may have leaped straight out of a Charles Dickens novel... as for the Rap lyrics- no, can't touch those- they're authentic (50 Cent- see? Famous rap artist... although the pic is someone called St. Louis!) In fairness to rap I searched for a 'typically obnoxious' rap piece and found an unexpected variety, a lot pretty good and some mixing it with other genres... but you've got to appreciate your Sable countering this death-rap piece!
eternal-devotion
September 28, 2007

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Interesting.
This is very unusual for me not at all what I am used to. I found it very hard to wrap my head around. It is way beyoud my comprehention. I am not into this kind of music, however it was entertaining as far as rap goes and that is what I think it is it was very good. Thanks for shareing this unique style with us here on this site.
- wbiro
  September 28, 2007
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  thanks, your comment tells me I have work to do- I must make it more accessible up front- for the main theme is two pieces of music, and you only saw one, which means many others will only see the one, and not the cultural contrast...
Elfin
September 28, 2007

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Can't leave without leaving some kind of comment but I'm truly sorry wbiro but it must be my age as this is beyond me. Please forgive me for wasting your points. Val
- wbiro
  September 28, 2007
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  oops, I think my reply should be here... so let me say again thanks for the comment, one can read a lot into any comment, and yes, yours says I may need more explanation in the author's comments...!
VirginiaDarling
September 28, 2007
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Nice work, Keep it up.
- wbiro
  September 28, 2007
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  thanks, hope you enjoyed (and were enlightened by) it...
grannyeri
September 28, 2007

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Think of Charlie Daniels "The Devil Came Down from Georgia" from the title - or Duelling Banjos as another one - two competing against each other for top prize. LOL Neat picture, neat poem.
- wbiro
  September 28, 2007
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  Oooo, Charlie Daniels or Dueling Banjos would have started a war I think! Offsetting rap with a subdued instrumental was better, I think- for it better exposes what trash rap lyrics are and what kind of garbage their heads are filled with (and it's a good thing to know when dealing with them from day to day, like I do!) Plus it offered them a world they did not know existed, which is a hard lesson to learn for smartass know-it-all's...!