Someone called me Nigger the other day,

Someone called me Nigger the other day,
as I was spanging for dope.

Then, all the junkies who cop the dope from me
Heaped insults on me, and screamed when I didn’t spange enough.

I took their abuse into the depths of my heart

Allowing it to stay as long as it wished

Then they made me walk all the way to 22nd and Lovejoy,

They taxed my cigarettes, and then stole my black lighter--

You know,
black like the night?..

You know,
Like the evenings where you cannot see your hands in front of your face.