Danez Smith - Genesissy lyrics

or the way Deloqui Jones and Islah Meadows, two black transgendered women who lost their lives at the hands of their own communities “Genesissy” and on the the 8th day, God said “let there be fierce” and that's the story of the first snap the hand's humble attempt at thunder, a small sky troubled by attitude and on the 9th day, God said “b**h! Work!” and Adam learned to duck walk, dip, pose, d**h drop Eve became the fruit herself, looked the lion in the eye and dared the king to bite and on the 10th day, God dressed in a blood red body suit, dropped it low, called it a sunset and on the 11th day, God said “Guuuuuuuuuuurl” and the trees leaned in for gossip the water went wild with teeth the air tight with shade and on the 12th day, Jesus wept in the mirror mourning how his sons would shame his sons for walking a daughter's stride for how his children would learn to hate the kids and on the 13th day, God barely moved he sat around dreaming of glitter, happy with the shine of it but sad so many of his children would come home covered in it the parades cancelled due to rain of fists and insults and rope and bullets and on the 14th day, God just didn't know what to do with himself 2. the Lord begat man man begat sin sin begat a new joy a new joy begat Leviticus Leviticus begat Sister Rosa Sister Rosa begat that ugly rumor that ugly rumor begat the truth the truth begat the need to pray or run the need to pray or run begat the knees and that's a kind of praying too the knees begat the mouth splattered all over the him colored dirt road the mouth splattered all over the him colored dirt road still begat a song the song begat a hymn at the sweet boys funeral the sweet boys funeral still begat his aunt's disgusted headshake his aunt's disgusted headshake begat the world that k**ed the girl child and stole her favorite dress off her cold shimmering body and that can't come from God right? 3. A not-hymn for her I am on the battlefield for my Lord, for my lord I am the battlefield, my lord and I promise him that I, I, I die, I battle my lord