Larry Owens feat. L Morgan Lee, James Jackson Jr., Jason Veasey, Antwayn Hopper, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison & Michael R. Jackson -
A Strange Loop (Original Cast Recording)
Intermission Song
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Can I really write this?
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
Is that how the show should open?
Should there even be a show?
It should start with what he's thinking
Which is just a cursor blinking
'Cause of all of the directions that the narrative could go
He wants to show what it's like to live up here (Usher)
And travel the world in a fat, black, queer body
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
No one cares about a writer who is struggling to write
The story's way too repetitious
Also overly ambitious
Which of course makes them suspicious
That you think you're fucking white
He has to fight for his right (Usher)
To live in a world that chews up
And spits out
Black queers on the daily
Blackness, queerness
Fighting back to fill this cis-het, all-white space
With a portrait of a portrait of a portrait of a Black queer face
And a choir full of Black queer voices
Treble clef and also bass
That are casting spells to conjure up a
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway show
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
Till he has to face the fact that he is really in a jam?
He has no patrons he can call on
Nor a backup plan to fall on
Just a hamster wheel to crawl on
And nobody gives a damn
He tries to scramble and dodge and extricate
Still his fate lies in wait
Like a scavenging vulture
All he wants is to subvert expectations
Black and white
From the left and the right
For the good of the culture
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
You're a ball of Black confusion
That keeps hitting a plateau
You can't just flout every convention
Then command complete attention
Then a
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway show
How many minutes 'til the end of intermission?
Some say "write from exploration,"
Some say "just write what you know!"
Either way, you keep careening
So it's hard to find a meaning
In your-
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway show!
How many minutes 'til the end of intermission?
If you can't please the Caucasians
You will never get the dough!
'Cause critics clinically deny us
Then deny implicit bias
With their vanity supported
By a system that's distorted
Watch them write you off as lazy
Not to mention, navel-gazey
Lacking both in craft and rigor
Cause you're just a fucking nig-
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway-
Usher! Usher!
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher) (Oh my God, oh my God)
Less than two!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher!
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher! (Usher, Usher)
Can I really write this?
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
Is that how the show should open?
Should there even be a show?
It should start with what he's thinking
Which is just a cursor blinking
'Cause of all of the directions that the narrative could go
He wants to show what it's like to live up here (Usher)
And travel the world in a fat, black, queer body
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
No one cares about a writer who is struggling to write
The story's way too repetitious
Also overly ambitious
Which of course makes them suspicious
That you think you're fucking white
He has to fight for his right (Usher)
To live in a world that chews up
And spits out
Black queers on the daily
Blackness, queerness
Fighting back to fill this cis-het, all-white space
With a portrait of a portrait of a portrait of a Black queer face
And a choir full of Black queer voices
Treble clef and also bass
That are casting spells to conjure up a
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway show
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
Till he has to face the fact that he is really in a jam?
He has no patrons he can call on
Nor a backup plan to fall on
Just a hamster wheel to crawl on
And nobody gives a damn
He tries to scramble and dodge and extricate
Still his fate lies in wait
Like a scavenging vulture
All he wants is to subvert expectations
Black and white
From the left and the right
For the good of the culture
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher
How many minutes till the end of intermission?
You're a ball of Black confusion
That keeps hitting a plateau
You can't just flout every convention
Then command complete attention
Then a
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway show
How many minutes 'til the end of intermission?
Some say "write from exploration,"
Some say "just write what you know!"
Either way, you keep careening
So it's hard to find a meaning
In your-
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway show!
How many minutes 'til the end of intermission?
If you can't please the Caucasians
You will never get the dough!
'Cause critics clinically deny us
Then deny implicit bias
With their vanity supported
By a system that's distorted
Watch them write you off as lazy
Not to mention, navel-gazey
Lacking both in craft and rigor
Cause you're just a fucking nig-
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway
Big, black and queer-ass American Broadway-
Usher! Usher!
Usher, Usher
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher)
Usher, Usher (Usher, Usher) (Oh my God, oh my God)
Less than two!
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Jackson
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