Month: May 2018

My 5-Year Plan: Shoot For Vogue Magazine

by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls

For a long time I was living the past. But recently I decided that my Five Year Plan is to be shooting for Vogue Magazine. Now, there are many, many obstacles to this dream. So many obstacles, in fact, that it may be a moot point. But I really love fashion in the context of taking pictures of it and I feel it is self-evident that I’m a good enough photographer to be seen in the pages of Vogue.

But at this point, it’s just a dream. Nothing may come of it. I may just work on my novel and that be that. But I feel that this is the very beginning of a process and that I have a decent shot of making my dream a reality if I get the equipment to do so. That, in fact, is the first step.

‘Sunken Place’ — #Lyrics To A Pop-Rap Song

As I recall, Kanye West recently said that slavery was a “choice.” So this would be a really fast pop rap song in the style of Monster.

Sunken Place
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

pulled from our African roots
the blood still oozing centuries later
Kanye now has the audacity to say
that we would have it that way
rather than live in our homeland
free from the terror of the white man

the man from the sunken place
is talking like a madman
a disgrace to his race
telling us all what a fool he is
that slavery is a choice

we all know it isn’t true
but what can you do
what can you do

we all know it isn’t true
but what can you do
what can you do

rather than fight and fight
we need to unite against povery
make the world a better place
if we have any choice in the matter
why not ignore the fool from the sunken place
find a better person to represent us
when we come face to face with our own sunken place

‘Coffee Boy’ — #Lyrics To A Woke Pop-R&B Fusion Song

I write lyrics because it’s relaxing. No one cares about any of these lyrics I write, but I enjoy telling stories in verse. The music for this would be something The Weeknd might use.

Coffee Boy
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

we’re all going down in flames
the administration is run by rubes
the pain is real for the nation on its knees
no matter who you are when you’re gone you’re just

a coffee boy
a coffee boy
believe you me
you too will be
a coffee boy
a coffee boy

when this is all over
and we’re all running for cover
we’ll think back and say
how we wish we’d gotten our way
if only the coffee boy had done it right
maybe we could still live in the light

a coffee boy
a coffee boy
believe you me
you too will be
a coffee boy
a coffee boy

[bridge]
nothing is as it seems
people rush towards me and plead
for some respite from the crushing fright
but we all know it’s gone until daylight

I like my coffee strong
I say with a sigh
this reasoning is weak
we may never get the truth we seek

coffee boy
coffee boy
coffee boy

‘Facts’ — Lyrics To A Woke Folk-Rock Song

These lyrics would be for a song like “Ohio.” I’m just writing these lyrics because doing so is relaxing. That’s all.

Facts
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform

Rudy is on the job
telling us what he knows
when will the truth come out
does anybody know
anybody know
so we watch the president say
later in the week

he’ll get his facts straight
he’ll get his facts straight
he’ll get his facts straight

what does the president
have up his sleave
when will he just get up and leave
we’re going to have to deal with him
until the very end I’m afraid
he’s not going anywhere and neither are his lies
but we’re going to hear him say about Rudy

he’ll get his facts straight
he’ll get his facts straight
he’ll get his facts straight

[bridge]
nothing is going to change
I long for the truth to come back
but it’s gone for good
as long as Trump’s in charge

I just want things to go back
back to what they once were
when I could trust the president
not to lie, lie, lie
when

he’ll get his facts straight
he’ll get his facts straight
he’ll get his facts straight