2022 Broadway A Strange Loop the Musical - Tyler Perry Writes Real Life Lyrics
The song is written by Michael R. Jackson.
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) I know it's been months since we last spoke, And I have no idea if this is of any interest to you, Or if you have any materials to send, but, We just got a call for submissions for something very exciting, Especially for you
USHER: (spoken) Oh yeah? What is it?
COMPANY: Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry!
USHER: (spoken) Oh, no!
COMPANY: Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry!
THOUGHT: Hell no!
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) It seems he's gotten so busy with film and TV That his team is looking To farm out the gospel plays to a ghostwriter. It'll be a scream! And didn't you once tell me That your mother would love nothing more Than for you to write one? So, how 'bout it, Ush? Just write a sassy, matriarchal, Lonely spinster who loves God. Throw in a few Color Purple quotes! Whaddya say?
USHER: Thank you for the opportunity...
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) Of course! Of course
USHER: But Tyler would be none too fond of me
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) Don't sell yourself short!
USHER: The crap he puts on stage, film and TV Makes my bile want to rise!
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) I know, I know, your "integrity."
USHER: Nothing that he writes seems real to me
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) Yes, you think he sucks, uh huh
USHER: Just simple-minded hack buffoonery!
AGENT FAIRWEATHER: (spoken) But no theaters will touch you
USHER: And if I try to match his coonery He'd see through my disguise
It's true, I'm still emerging Looking to make my start But not so hungry that I'd ride the chitlin circuit I'm into entertainment That's undercover art My mission is to figure out just how to work it
Today... Today, I went to change this scene for the better-
(spoken) Hello? Agent Fairweather? Are you there?
ANCESTORS: (spoken) Race traitor! Race traitor! Race traitor!
USHER: (spoken) "Race traitor?" Who's there?
HARRIET TUBMAN: (spoken) I'm Harriet motherfuckin' Tubman And I got a problem with you!
CARTER G. WOODSON: (spoken) I'm Carter G. motherfuckin' Woodson, And I've got a problem with you, too!
JAMES BALDWIN: (spoken) Jimmy Baldwin!
ZORA NEALE HUSTON: (spoken) Zora Neale Huston!
12 YEARS A SLAVE: 12 Years a Slave, here!
WHITNEY HOUSTON: (spoken) Whitney!
USHER: (spoken) What do you want with me?
WHITNEY HOUSTON: (spoken) To get you together! Make me get my black ass up outta my $20 grave To put your black ass on blast Talkin' bad about Tyler Perry!
ANCESTORS: Who the fuck is you, nigga? You look it, but you ain't no true nigga! You make us ancestors blue Actin' brand new Nigga, I can't with you!
Tyler is a real nigga And not a cracker-pleasing seal, nigga! He writes how our people feel With him at the wheel Nigga, what can't we do?
Cause Tyler Perry writes real life! Tyler Perry writes real life! He writes stories we can swallow Like Popeyes chicken and biscuits! He writes stories we can follow Like we follow the drinking gourd! He writes stories bout fat, black women with weaves Finding love and redemption With muscle-bound black men who own their own business And truly love the Lord And truly love the Lord!
So, if you won't follow through, nigga I'll SMDH at you, nigga
WHITNEY: Cause And just as somebody Trying to tell everybody That you ain't nobody, nigga, so Get off the stage And let
ANCESTORS: Tyler Perry write real life Cause Tyler Perry writes real life!
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