I want a coke
I'm broke
Ma mamma say
Don't let me catch you
  rippin' and runnin'
Draggin' the street,
  Do' poppin'
Or
Dancin' on a dime
Or
Full of wine!
I say,
I'm feelin' fine
One mo' time!
But if I walk ma
  mamma's chalk line
I can't bazah!

Excerpt from
The New Orleans
7th Ward
Nostalgia Dictionary
by Darrlyn A. Smith

   

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