Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)
I was born in the Congo
I walked to the fertile crescent and built the sphinx
I designed a pyramid so tough that a star that only glows every one hundred years falls into the center giving divine perfect light
I am bad
I sat on the throne drinking nectar with Allah
I got hot and sent an ice age to Europe to cool my thirst
My oldest daughter is Nefertiti
the tears from my birth pains created the Nile
I am a beautiful woman
I gazed on the forest and burned out the Sahara desert with a packet of goat’s meat and a change of clothes
I crossed it in two hours
I am gazelle so swift so swift you can’t catch me
For a birthday present when he was three
I gave my son Hannibal an elephant
He gave me Rome for mother’s day
My strength flows ever on
My son Noah built new/ark and I stood proudly at the helm as we sailed on a soft summer day
I turned myself into myself and was Jesus
Men intone my loving name
All praises All praises
I am the one who would save
I sowed diamonds in my back yard
My bowels deliver uranium
the filings from my fingernails are semi-precious jewels
On a trip north I caught a cold and blew
My nose giving oil tot he Arab world
I am so hip even my errors are correct
I sailed west to reach east and had to round off the eart as I went
The hair from my head thinned and gold was laid across three continents
I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal
I cannot be comprehended except by my permission
I mean… I… can fly
like a bird in the sky . . .
Rest well to Nikki Giovanni. Below is the video of Ego Tripping being performed on A Different World:
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