[ Featuring M-Smith ]
I show up
Nice Clothes
Talk a good game
Domain knowledge
Soft skills
Subject matter expert
All of it
Sales pitch it to you
Train it
Teach it too
Build it
Make it beautiful
Spill it
Tell the story
And the strategy
If you want me too
Lay across these lines
Of the product and the service
It's all words
In the weeds
Or at 30,000 feet
All this jargon
Just a test
To see I can speak
Your language
I code switch without anguish
Double consciousness
When rent turns to mortgage
We can't plan on broken promises
From the boardroom to the block
Be consistent when you stand
When you got
The gift of gab
And a mic up in your hand
Cardboard dreams
Dancing in my head
Spray the can
With some hip hop
In your hands
Credits
From Queer Core: Behind the Music, released November 27, 2020
Written and composed by M. Smith
Bass, guitar, keys by QueenEarth
Produced, mixed, and performed by QueenEarth