Bass Culture
(for Big Yout)
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muzik of blood
black reared
pain rooted
heart geared
all tensed up
in di bubbe an di bounce
an di leap an di weight drop
it is di beat of di heart
this pulsing of blood
that is a bubblin bass
a bad bad beat
pushin against di wall
whey bar black blood
an is a whole heappa
passion a gather
like a frightful form
like a righteous harm
giving off wild like is madness
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