Testo Hospital - Richard Pryor
Testo della canzone Hospital (Richard Pryor), tratta dall'album The Anthology: 1968-1992
And last night something happened that made me think about why it's so
Weird for me. Motherfucker, we were signifyin' and a motherfucker
Said, "Well, what about that burnt neck?" And I'd never thought
About... 'cause nobody'd ever said nothin'. 'Cause I thought
I was the only one that noticed I was burnt up. 'Cause a
Motherfucker just look like sayin', "That's a strange tattoo
" But this motherfucker said, "It burnt UP, motherfucker. And
Hair growin' on it. What'd you burn?" I mean, you know, real
Signifyin'. I don't know, like, there's so many, like, white
People here. White people never came to see me till I burnt up
I gotta tell you how I burnt up, okay? I know y'all sayin'
"Okay, come on, tell us how you burnt up." You promise not
To tell? See, I don't want this shit in National Enquirer
'Cause, like, everybody know how I burnt up and they might
Everybody say, "You know that ether? Yeah!" Have you ever
Heard of a motherfucker burnin' up, freebasin'? Other than me?
Now wait a minute. If nobody else burnt up, freebasin', why do
You think it happened to me?! I did not burn up, freebasin'
I burnt up because I quit freebasin'. I lit my arm accidentally!
Now, here's how I really burnt up. Now, everybody know, my friends
Really know how it happened, okay? Usually, before I go to bed
I have a little milk and cookies. No, I do, and one night
I had that low-fat milk and that pasteurized shit, and I dipped
My cookie in, and the shit blew up. And it scared the shit out
Of me! Not the blowin' up, but it caught on fire! And you know
What? It is weird to catch on fire. I don't know if anybody else
In here, you ever been just burnt up? It is weird, 'cause you go
"Hey... I'm not in the fireplace... I am fuckin' burnin' up."
Catchin' on fire is inspiring. They should use it for the Olympics
'Cause I did the hundred-yard dash... in about four-sixths... in the
Underbrush. And you know somethin' I noticed? When you run down the
Street on fire, people will move out of your way. Right, they don't
Fuck around. They get the fuck out your way. 'Cept for one old drunk
Right, he was goin', "Hey, buddy, can we get a light?" "Come on, pal
Just slow up, okay? Just a little off the sleeve, what do you say?"
And I got to the hospital, you can really tell when you
Fucked up when the doctor go, "Aah! Holy shit! Why don't we
Just get some coleslaw and serve this up, what do you say?"
I was in the hospital, I had tubes and shit in my nose
IV in my arm, and steam was comin' off my body. Brother
Come in, wanted a autograph. "Come on, hey, Rich. Hey
Brother. Say, Rich, how 'bout this last autograph?"
But I thank God. I do, I say, "Thank
You, God, for not burning my dick."
Because people, a lotta people, strange people, said, "God was
Punishing you." No! If God wanted to punish my ass
He would have burnt my dick. When the fire hit, my
Dick went to work! My dick said, "Emergency! Piss, cum
Do something! Don't let the fire get to the balls!"
And my chest was hollerin', "Help!" And my dick say, "Fuck you
Go for yourself! Spit! I'm protectin' the balls!"You know, in
The hospital, you can tell when you fucked up when your dick
Don't wanna move. Your dick says, "Just let me lay someplace. No
Don't move me, I don't—God... you sickenin' motherfuckers, you..."
I mean, nurses sit all on your face to give you the temperature
Right? "Time and temperature, Mr. Pryor. Come onnnn..."
"Is this pussy hot? I don't know, really."
I remember the first day my dick got hard
Motherfucker sounded like Al Jarreau in the wind, "
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!"
Like, the doctors are amazing, but there was a brother that works with
The burned people—people that work with burned people amaze me, '
Cause I don't know if I could do it. I mean, really, 'cause they work
With people who be fucked UP. And this man was great, his name was
Larry Murphy, and he used to put me in these tanks where they have to
Wash you off. You know, 'cause the first three days, your skin don't
Feel shit, so you feel like, "This is fine." And Jim Brown was there
With me every day, man, and it was like, I got strength off of Jim
'Cause Jim never gets hurt. I mean, just fire jumped on Jim once, he
Said, "Hey." But this guy, Larry Murphy, would come in, kept talking
To me every day, saying, "Now we're gonna wash you pretty soon, you
Know, we're gonna put you in the tub," I said, "Yeah, man, come on
Goddamn, yeah, in the tub," "And we're gonna wash you, you know, it's
Gonna be—" I said, "Yeah, motherfucker, in the tub, you're gonna
Wash, what is you talkin' about, every day, what in the fuck?"
I said, "This motherfucker weird, he come in talking shit." And he
Come in once, I said, "Motherfucker, put me in the tub. I don't
Wanna hear this shit no more, just wash my ass, please, I'm going
To jail." "What the fuck is he talking about, Jim, you think he's
Gonna..." So they put me in this tub, he said, "How do you feel
Is it nice?" I said, "Yeah, it's water, motherfucker, a few chemicals
In it, yeah." He said, "Here, feel that." I said, "What is it?" "
It's a sponge, it's a sponge, motherfucker." "Why'd you wash my ass?
" "So I just want you to feel it." I should've known. He said, "
It's a sponge, right? A sponge." I said, "Yeah, motherfucker, wash
My ass." Motherfucker said, -sloshing sound-. I said, "Don't."
Motherfucker said, "I gotta wash your—," I said, "No, you don't." "
But just let me get to—" "No, don't touch shit, just your finger." "
Fuck you, don't—don't touch another motherfuckin' thing on me. I'm
Gettin' up, I'ma walk out this motherfucker now. I don't care if I
Do die. But you ain't gonna touch me with that motherfuckin' sponge
No more. Please don't touch me with that sponge no more." That shit
Was funny now. It's nice to be able to laugh later. 'Cause I was
Watching TV, man, I was all bandaged up, and they
Said I was gonna die. They said, "Richard Pryor
Died five minutes ago." "Oh, no! No, no, no!"
But I thank y'all for all the love you sent me, I mean that
Sincerely. Y'all did some nasty shit on my ass, too. Oh
I saw some of the jokes y'all was doing while I was fucked up
Since you love me so much. Remember when this motherfucker
Take the match and just— "What's that? Richard Pryor running
Down the street." I love y'all, too. Thank you very much
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