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I feel my temperature rising
Wiping the sleep from my eyes and
Step to the mirror
Stick my tongue out
And I see it's all white and
Then I feel my chest tighten
And when I cough it don't stop
Until I'm doubled over gagging on my spit
Oh my god
And now I'm pooping and peeing
And puking spewing and heaving
And simultaneously heinous things
Come from my mouth and anus B
Careful it's contagious
So you better wash your hands
And it's lasting like a couple weeks
So better squash your plans
Now I'm chilling and sweating
About as good as it's getting
Is when I take a Tylenol
To tame the temp for a second
After a brief moment's rest
It comes back with a vengeance
Like an indefinite sentence
On home arrest
Hold up check it
What was that I detected
There on your neck
I'll inspect
It looks like a rash
I'm not lying go check it
It's on the side in the middle
Did you just sniffle a little
Oh yeah you did well
Holy crap you're infected

I'm literally ill
I need pills
I'm literally ill
I read 'til

Well if you all want to know
Just why I am so well spoken
It all started with a hard copy
of Hobbit by Tolkien
That's when I jumped up a level
From youth fiction
My diction started improving
And reading books became an addiction
Ray Bradbury was scary
But Clive Barker was darker
I read them slow with intent
A bent page corner my marker
At nineteen years old
Herman Hesse made a mess of my mind
With Steppenwolf
I locked myself up behind
A closed door for a week
Sat in a chair and just think
That's about the time that I started to drink
Vonnegut was my shrink
And Hemingway gave me a prism
Through which to view the world
It's called minimalism
It's true I went through
A slew of authors who
Would fit into the category existentialism
Kafka Doestoyevsky Fredrick Exley
Bukowski Denis Johnson who I met
Before I knew that he would be my favorite
Five blocks away from where
John Irving lived The Water Method Man
At the U of I I wrote a rap track
Praising Jorge Borges
And dissing HP Lovecraft
For an essay and yes
I got an A on the test
And to this day I feel vindicated
Especially since
HP's bigotry has become notorious
Truthfully I found his writing to be laborious
And if the way the USA
Portrays blacks stirs your sentiment
Then I recommend Erasure by Percival Everett
And if you want to laugh and cry until you sigh
You best be picking up a book by Miranda July
Aldous Huxley's Island was beguiling
Said a woman to a man
I can hear the sickness in your laugh
And of course I'd be remiss
If I failed to mention the key to
Understanding my worldview
Is the Master and Margarita

'm literally ill
I need pills
I'm literally ill
I read 'til

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from Coolsay Too, released April 21, 2017
Coolzey - lyrics, vocals, recording
Soce the Elemental Wizard - music
Sidechain Recording - mix and master

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Golden era hip-hop roots planted in black Iowa dirt are the foundation. Growth tempered by alternative era rock influence. This along with a love for the juxtaposition of the dark, horrific nature of life paired with a slapstick and comedic view of the world allow for a wide, unpredictable arsenal ranging from soul-spilling indie bedroom rock to wise-cracking battle rap and on to radio pop. ... more

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