Vanilla Shake from El Pulpo by John Davis & the Cicadas
For more on Vanilla Shake see:
Greg Tate, ed., Everything But the Burden: What
White People Are Taking From Black Culture
Eric Lott, Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy
and the American Working Class
Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts
Tracklist
| 5. | Vanilla Shake | 2:56 |
Lyrics
I skim the cream off of the top
You sew the seams inside my shop
A stitch in time in Vietnam
The minerals for atom bombs
It’s my vanilla shake
My sweet tooth, your backache
Migrant workers picking crops
Gettin’ chased by border cops
A private prison raking cash
Helping congress grow their stash
It’s my Vanilla Shake
My sweet tooth, your backache
It’s our Vanilla Shake
USA on the take
I’m from the north I eat the south
Pineapples stuffed inside my mouth
I skim the cream right off the top
A patriot who loves to shop
Credits
Drums, Upright Piano: Louis Landry
Double Bass: Jonathan Henderson
Trombone: Jeb Bishop
Clarinet, Saxophone: Sam Davis
Trumpet: Jeff Weidhaas
Backing Vocals: Wendy Allen
License
All rights reserved.
John Davis is a musician who works solo, with Folk Implosion, with a backing band called the Cicadas, and with Dennis Callaci. He also works on defending and transforming public education as a teacher - organizer with the Durham Association of Educators.