Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Page #5

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would think this a killing, too

But if I ain't flipping this way,

my message of elevation

Would never get through

Don't worry about the enemy

and what he plottin'

So you understand that you

gonna have a judgment day

And every knee gonna bow,

and every tongue gonna confess

Every thought that you think

Leads you on a journey somewhere,

so I pose the question

Well, if you gonna

dig a grave for me

Might as well

go on and dig two

That's one for you, huh

Your plans of deceiving me

won't never get through

Never get through

Never get through,

uh-uh.

Najah?

Hey.

Bye-bye, Najah.

That'll be all.

More red wine, madam?

Leave.

You're not eating, my dear.

I'm not very hungry.

It's delicious.

Seneschal cooked.

- I couldn't get it together.

- Are you all right?

Just couldn't cook dinner.

That's all.

Fair enough.

I know you killed my husband.

Ex-husband.

You have his dead body

in a f***ing freezer

downstairs in the basement.

Seneschal.

Everything all right, sir?

Leave the dishes.

I'll call you in the morning

when we'll be needing you.

Very good, sir.

Good evening, madam.

Why did you kill him?

Ever since the moment

that I met you...

I thank God you didn't love him.

I wouldn't do

anything to hurt you.

You have to believe that.

Why did you kill him?

Ganja, he tried to kill me.

I did not kill him.

So, he killed himself

and jumped in the freezer?

Ganja, you're not listening.

Your ex-husband

committed suicide.

That's the honest truth.

I swear to God.

I believe you.

I'm surprised

it didn't happen sooner.

My three brothers

used to gang up on me.

Beat me up when I was little.

I'm the youngest

of four kids, so...

I had a rough time growing up.

One clay, I got into a huge fight

with my youngest brother.

We called him Baby Jesus.

He'd been picking on me all day.

And finally, I'd had enough.

I was fed up.

I started throwing hands.

It was an all-out donnybrook.

It was a proper brouhaha.

And my brothers didn't stop it.

They just kept cheering him on.

And I was beating

his skinny black backside.

And then he punched me...

straight in the stomach.

My mother beat him

to within an inch of his life.

And she told him,

"Don't you ever

hit a woman again,

especially in her stomach."

Later that night,

my dad came into my bedroom...

to tuck me in.

Check on me.

He told me...

"Baby Jesus was wrong."

He loves you.

We all love you.

That this world

is a cruel, harsh place,

especially for a black woman.

And you're going to have to learn

to deal with the double whammy.

You're gonna be

a woman one day soon,

and you were born black.

"Ganja's got to learn

to take care of Ganja."

I said...

"Daddy...

it's not fair."

And my father answered...

"I know."

Life's not fair.

Life is as hard as steel.

"Ganja has to take care

of Ganja."

I've been taking care of myself

since I was seven years old.

Why do you have his dead body

in the freezer?

Answer me, for f***'s sake!

Do you know what

your husband and I were working on?

He never talked to me

about his work.

He was assisting me on my study

of the ancient Ashanti culture.

I've never heard of it.

When I found his dead body,

I took his blood.

- Took it where?

- I drank it.

Where did you take it?

I said...

I drank it.

- You're insane.

- Ganja, no, I'm perfectly sane.

- You're a freak!

- I'm not a freak.

Then what are you?

I'm an addict.

Addicted to blood.

Yes, people have many addictions.

Sex, drugs, alcohol,

food, power,

money,

nicotine.

And blood.

- You're a vampire.

- What I am

is in love with you.

One, two...

Yeah.

Wait, wait.

On two. Ready?

Come on.

Stop.

That's good.

Dearly beloved,

we are gathered here

under the watchful eyes

of our living God

that we may join

this man and this woman

together in holy matrimony.

Do you, Hess, take Ganja

to be your lawfully wedded wife

and in the eyes of God

promise to love her,

honor, and protect her

in sickness and in health

as long as you both shall live?

I do.

And do you, Ganja, take Hess

to be your lawfully

wedded husband

and in the eyes of God,

promise to love him,

honor, and protect him

in sickness and in health

for as long as you

both shall live?

I do.

The ring, get her ring.

I now pronounce you

man and wife.

You may now kiss the bride.

I want you to live forever.

Contemplating Babylon

I've been waiting

far too long...

Hess, I'm...

I'm sick!

Look, in time, it will go away.

I had a terrible dream

last night.

What was it?

I dreamt that you murdered me.

It was just a nightmare.

I'm hungry all the time.

I'm thirsty all the time.

Ganja, I'll tell you everything.

And as insane as it sounds,

you must believe me.

There is something

that you do

From the first time

I saw you

It's the truth

You're my desire

Trying to stop

Put out the fire

I've come too far too late

Come too far

I've come too far too late

I've come too far

Too late

I've come too far too late

Too far too late

Too far too late

Oh, yeah...

What have you done to me?

...too far too late

I've come too far

Too late... I

We're both addicted to blood.

We're both addicted to blood.

It's not true.

Do you believe me?

No!

Look at yourself.

I've come too far

too late...

Come here.

I've come too far too late

I've come too far

too late. I

You have to eat.

Can't eat.

It only gets worse

if you don't keep up your strength.

I said, "I can't eat."

Ganja, I'm doing this

for the both of us.

I want to sleep.

You just sleep.

We're gonna have a guest for drinks.

Mrs. Greene?

Mrs... Mrs. Greene?

Everything all right,

Mrs. Greene?

Seneschal, I'm fine.

Reality combustion

When God leaves,

niggas wanna burst in eruption

I Thick thighs

with a vibe of a Martian

Walks in, ain't no Allah

when you call him

Blackness was the first thing

Put a levee round my dick

like a hurricane

But the stains are lost

in the soil of the earth

Giving birth

to pagan goddesses

Nefertiti on that ol' e

With east tar on some endo

When my eyes closed,

that's when the third flows

Seizing the crown

and ripping off the thorns

We breaking bread,

let me replace your cup

Raise your spirits

so you know what's up

Putting blood on my tongue,

make me savor it all

What a cost for the love

that you was giving up

What we saw

Enter the void

of the black hole

Yeah, all minds consumed

When a man gets

close to you for real

Start engines, go

Start engines, go.

Ah, what lovely roses.

Thank you.

Shall I put my stuff here?

Yes, you may.

You haven't changed a thing.

Still into all this African art.

I know it's the motherland,

but you overdo it.

Love you some Africa.

Yes, I do.

Uh, this is my lovely bride Ganja.

Ganja, Tangier.

Tangier, Ganja.

Hello.

Tangier...

like the city in Morocco?

Yes, I was conceived there.

A drink?

Sure.

Uh, allow me.

Hess?

No, thank you.

How long have you known Hess?

We grew up together during

the summers here on the Vineyard.

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