That's My Baby Poem by Thabani Khumalo

AT FIRST I HAD A BIG DREAM OF SWALLOWING THE CHOCOLATE
AT FIRST I HAD A BIG DREAM OF RIDING ON THAT MERRY-GO
KNELT AND PRAYED THAT ONE DAY I'D REIGN IN SUPREME AS NUMBER ONE
AS A MAN I HAD A BIG DREAM OF TAKING OVER GOVERNMENT

UNTIL I HEARD THE SYSTEM WAS THE ONE BEHIND SUPREMACY
I FIGURED THAT TO GO TO SCHOOL WOULD TUTOR ME TO FOLLOW THEM
THUS I ONLY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR WORDS TO WRITE ON POETRY
I KNOW THERE'S EDUCATION THAT CAN HELP ME TO SLAM THE DEVILS

‘CAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL TEACH US HOW TO TRIP INTO THEIR TREACHERY
I TRIED ALONE TO UNDERSTAND COMPUTERS AND THEIR PENTIUMS
BUT SINCE I HAD NO MEANS ON ME I HAD TO DATE THE HACKERS
THE SYSTEM I WAS FIGHTING NOW I SAW IT ON THE TERRACES

I SWORE TO NEVER NEVER EVER DANCE AGAIN WITH HEIRESSES,
BEGAN TO FEEL THE TOE OF LAW BEGIN TO TAKE THE TALL OF ME
HUMPING ME WITHIN THE CAGE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH DISCOURTESY
AT TIMES TO FEEL THE FRESH AIR YOU NEED TO SMOKE THE CIGARETTE

CHARACTER AINT CHARTERED OUT OF RUNNING OFF FROM CHALLENGES
AND TO BE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR BREATHING YEAH YOU NEED TO FAIL ON SUICIDES
BUT THE WARY OF THE SYSTEM'S MEN IS ALL ABOUT THE WISDOM,
THE SCHOOL IS FOR THE SADDUCES AND THE GOAL IS BEING PHARISEES

LISTEN TO ME BROTHER BECAUSE I'M LEARNING FROM THE DEITY
THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCES ARE THE ONES WHO MURDERED JESUS
NOW PEER OUT THIS WINDOW PANE AND NOTICE - ALL ARE PHARISEES
THROW AWAY THE GLASSES THAT TELEVISE YOUR VISION

IN THE DAWN OF HOBO I WAS NEEDY OF MY ASSOCIATES,
I DID'NT HAVE THE NURTURING TO GET ME ROUND THE SCHEMING ISH
IN THE DREARY OF THE MID-NIGHT I'M AS THE FLYING APPARITION
I'LL SEE HER THROUGH BATTLES ‘CAUSE