So someone said to me the other day I've got a lisp
A stranger, you know, they said I've got a subtle lisp And I should know I sound a little stupid doing spoken word When all my words with "S" in them are spoken so absurd
I've got special S sauce smothered on my skull walls like a tossed salad so silkscreen the Sistine ceiling on my soft pallet
I sing along with super scenesters Reciting Sufjan Stevens songs in skinny jeans Dance salsa with soccer moms Sneaking out in skimpy see-through sarongs I will answer your questions in stout With my sexy subtly lisping sparkling incisor small
What's my surname? Watsky What's my size? Stocky My city? San Francisco It's so sweet, now slow
I scribble all S-Essays I shred them and sprinkle the whole S-ashes My speech doesn't give a spotted sea snail if it passes I slipped past straight Fs to straight Ss in my classes Because my speech stay second-semester senior status
So, you can slander the gay lisp And I will slip you a solid list of friends Or 60% of Emerson; who Lisp or no lisp, will stomp, spit, stay pissed And start all over on the racists
You can save the South Korean stereotypes The Sambo shtick The sexist shit is sickening
And if you suppose your speech is normal Its 'cause your impediment is listening
Speak for those of us with something special Something that sets us aside from my— Accent havers, my... stammerers My southerners, my st-st-stutterers Yes, I will spit it sick and stick to never skipping "S"
'Cause I was— Suckin' on a soup spoon and I suckled it to sterling silver Simple, supple, super soaker Staying watching Sister Sister Scenage syllables coming esophagus Move up there this place is Sufferin' succotash Second place isolate oxygen There's no stopping this I start this step of speaking You should see that I will not desist I'm sorry! CUSPI, if you don't like a subtle lisp Then you can simply suck on thissssssss
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Watsky’s main goal in this poem is to tell his audience that regardless of what you sound like, look like or act like anyone can get there message across.
And more importantly to embrace your Insecurities
because in the long run everyone is the same.
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