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From rhymes Yolanda Wisher ?. strange fruit pic a chic no nie a nigger nie him in the leg eenie meenie him go holler head and leg and pic a nigger for pickin tryin to be slick wit a white chic kick cut dick make his mama sick let the sun lick the wounds pic a nie sittin in a tree don't neglect to pick a pubescent nie not nearly shiftless think he free nie with quick lips pig do that click click bang thing see ifthe juice be bloody and the seeds sing [Meridians:feminism, race, transnationalism 2001, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 192-93]©2001 by Wesleyan University Press. All rights reserved. 192 3· pea song black-eyed peas will make a nigga mean fight ya for em til the grass ain't green knew a girl named black-eyed sue she kept the peas in a high-laced shoe she say i can't start my new year right unless my peas is out ofsight nana kept em in a pocketbook same as tab and dear aunt sook but my mama kept em in her dresser drawer drawls scented with the onion core she say turkey-butt-pepper-lawry's make ya shit out cowries c'mon black-eyed peas will make a nigga mean fight ya for em til the grass ain't green pea song 193 ...

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