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Lyric of the Week: STICKS AND STONES

Writer's picture: Heshy RHeshy R

Updated: 3 days ago

Maybe a name or two won’t hurt me

And a curse will bounce right off

Maybe someone will try to throw dirt at me

But I can handle it, I ain’t mushy and soft

All the snitchers and bigmouths and hotheads I can ignore and shake

But talking down to me is just one thing I can’t take


I’m rubber, you’re glue

Everything you say sticks right back to you

Sticks and stones, they break my bones

But condescension kills me


Maybe people lie to me and cheat me

Just to claim a victory

They might steal from me to beat me

That’s all just injury

I can take care of all the robbers, the swindlers, and the liars

But when they treat me like a ‘ree-tard’ it’s pouring gas on the fire


I’m rubber you’re glue …


You may not come in peace but we’re still normal people

So if you wanna deal with me then regard me as an equal


I’m rubber you’re glue …


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"Condescension" - original AI art by The Hesh Inc.
Condescension kills me.

I wrote this in response to several people who talked down to me while I was a grunt in the army, c. 1986. Not the usual barking orders by a sergeant, which is to be expected and not taken personally; just patronizing comments by others of unspecified and inconsequential rank and position.

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