Hey! Death...a reminder. Tear yourself away from all those adoring fans for a minute or two.
I got something to tell you. Something you already heard, 'cause I've told you before. Something you already know, something you oughta know...and know deep in your bones.
I've stared you in the eye and made you blink. More than once.
I've driven your ass off - from a buncha people. More than once.
And I'll do it again. Get it?
Nothing personal, and all. Just saying.
I understand that you have a job to do. I've got no quarrel with that. There's just gonna be sometimes... sometimes that you're gonna hafta come through me...or somebody
like me. And we're gonna hand you your head. Sometimes, we're gonna hand you your head.
Sure, in the end, you'll get your due from me, from everyone. I've got no quarrel with that either. Still, sometimes one of us is gonna step on up, get right up in your grisly-ass face, and say Uh-uh. Gonna say Back the fuck off. We might say Back the fuck off, ma' frien'. Just to be polite and all. 'Cause sometimes...sometimes we'll be in the right. And not even you can stop us when we're in the right. Sometimes.
You know that what I'm saying is true, straight-up true. 'Cause you've seen it a buncha times. Some of us work right up next to you. You know how close we can work to you, 'cause you've felt our elbows in your ribs and all. You've felt us step on your toes, even grind our heel down on your toes and all. Sometimes. Don't take it personal, it's just the way we're built and all.
Sure, sometimes you clean-up real nice, pressed, starched, and shiny, dressed to the nines in basic black and all. You look like Hell at other times. Some folks'll find you down-right hard to resist. You know this better'n anyone, yeah, yeah, Death is the new black. Some folks'll revel in patting you on the back, giving you that ol' "Heckuvajob, Blackie!" Blah-blah-blah.
Still, some of us...me included, we ain't so impressed. So this here's just another little wake-up call, pun intended and all that. Some of us aren't joining your party.
And you know...you know, 'cause I'm betting that you can remember every time it's happened...
Some of us have stared you in the eye, and made you blink. And we'll do it again.
See ya 'round.