"Ella Could Scat"

Ella was mellow,
When I listened to
Her sounds, I
Became a happy

Fellow.  She could
Scat like that, like that
She could scat like that. She
Went, she went shebedo,
Shebedo, shebedo, bluedo,
Bluedo, be down, be down,
Be down, be profound, be
profound, be profound.

Ella was national and
international, she was universal,
She was jazz, she complemented
The band, she had the
Best voice in the land.

Ella could sang, she,
Could do her thang, Ella was
Jazz, she was scat, she
Could scat like that, like that

She could scat like that, she could
Scat. She could scat, scat, scat
Like that, she could scat.

We must nurture the children
we must protect the children
we must give the children support and confort
we must create an educational atmosphers
so that the children
can learn new skills to grow and flow spiritual, in love
in African history in world geography economic politics
creative motif poetry and how to become positive adults
in our communities and we must
continuously generate enthusiasm to the children
we must prepare the children for global affairs and the future
we must listen to the children cries
we must comfort them in the times of their fears and tears
We must expose the children to other ethnic groups
through socialization education
recreation and dedication for mental
spiritual and social liberation
we must protect our children from drugs and violence
we must save our children
so that the ancestors can survive and stay alive

She wears a mark of
sanity, but in her
eyes I see a historical
struggle that she is

trying to maintain her
sanity to avert vanity.
In her eyes, I see sadness,
madness and she is

crying out for help. In
her eyes, lonely arms
reaching out to be embraced
and beginning to be touched

with compassion.  In her
eyes I see a history of
pain, confusion and
delusion and search

of reality, she wonders if
life is a fallacy. She
is caught up in a
schizophrenic mishap.

I pray that God will free
her wretched soul, mind and
body holistically.