3500
Most people are useless
To the society at large
Forgotten before remembered
Don't know how lucky they are
The Useful Negro is different
He gets his fifteen minutes
But history still discards him
Just before he can win it
Please know this kind of story
Doesn't always end so well
Just ask Anita & Clarence
Both went through eternal hell
Clarence was chosen to replace
An iconic Man of Color
Thurgood Marshall anchored his people
Made sure the law didn't screw his brothers
They pitted Hill & Thomas
Against each other in a battle of wills
The idea was to discourage Anita
Make sure the accuser's resolve was killed
The situation was really two-fold
Wanted to injure Clarence if they could
Didn't have the votes to reject him
So sent him to SCOTUS as damaged goods
Dems never really cared about Anita
Or that she may have been violated
She was simply a Useful Negro
Leveraged to get Thomas eliminated
The only reason they selected Thomas
Was to replace another Black man
Let's forget Clarence didn't stand up
To Thurgood or his towering legend
Conservs had to replace Marshall
But they didn't want a staunch liberal
So they scraped bottom of the barrel
Went far-field Right and settled for drivel
But what about our girl Anita
Was a law professor in Norman
She became useful, so let's feed her
Girlfriend set feminist winds to stormin'
Hill shined a bright light on assault
And the women that were affected
Many stories tucked away in vaults
Far too long they had been neglected
Ultimately their stories became footnotes
The world moves on as it collects it's wits
Useful Negroes have a short shelf life
No longer valuable, tossed in history's pit
