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Mustard In The Gravy (Shad)

Rees Shad

Cakes upon the griddle, coffee in a bottomless cup  

Ain't no standing in the middle ... Once fed you're going to step right up  

Put your back into it, Buster, ‘cause people gonna need to be saved  

It's the oldest family recipe, shared with every generation made 

 

Mustard in the Gravy, hot sauce in the stew

Momma’s making sure your fed to do what you need to do

Hear that refrain she’s singing? Can you catch the words she hums? 

It’s from down here in her kitchen that the revolution comes

 

Sit there at the table, take all that she has to give 

She'll teach you consideration for the life that you ought to live  

An eye out for the needy, a hatred of the man

Who has the predilection to come and take all that he can 

 

Mustard in the Gravy, hot Sauce in the Stew

Momma’s making sure your fed to do what you need to do

Hear that refrain she’s singing? Did you catch the words of what she hums?

It’s from down here in her kitchen that the revolution comes

 

Ain't no academic gonna argue with the girl 

She's seen enough, felt enough, to know there's trouble in the world 

Take a book down from her bookshelf, as she cooks for someone else 

She gets everybody talking about how we’re gonna share the wealth  

 

Mustard in the Gravy, hot Sauce in the Stew

Momma’s making sure your fed to do what you need to do

Hear that refrain she’s singing? You know the words. No need to hum

It’s from down here in this kitchen that the revolution comes

 

You need to be encouraged, need to keep the goal in view Down in Momma’s kitchen, she'll nourish what she sees in you 

Measuring cup on the issues, mixing bowl for the brain  

Come to the lowly kitchen from which every revolutionary came 

 

It’s here in a mother’s kitchen from which every revolutionary came


From Galahad Blues (2024):

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From Six Strings & A Story (2023)

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©2024 by Rees Shad & Shadville Music

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