I Got News For Ya Poem by Melvina Germain

I been in the slammer
a long, long time,
but I got news for ya
I did my time.

Why it was a mistake
you know I didn’t do it.
It was Tuti Fruiti and rip a dip dip
who crossed the line.

They killed that dude,
he was a brute anyway.
Yeah I got news for ya
sometimes he made my day.

They’re in the big house
on the Island ya know.
Picking up brooms, reaaal slow.
Tuti Fruiti went too far
they found him in a noose
Poor ole Tuti, he neva got loose.

Well now, I got news for ya
yeah I started ova agin,
I found me a smarter friend.
We went around the corner
a time or two
But one day we ran into ole blue.

Ha ha ha, yeah I got news for ya
we ended up inside.
I rolled ova
nothing else I could do,
I walked out of that jail
with a man named Blue.

Written by: Melvina Germain
Date: Oct.17/2015