Terrance Hayes - M a s c u l i n e lyrics

The word some dudes claim came first. Delved from the plus & minus system God used to slice open Himself. Or the smile of old deacons in the Amen corner during the part of the Easter Musical where Mary Magdalene has to clean the feet of Jesus to beat a stint in Hell. And the malice in the Angel of Mercy. And the mean streak in your father's work belt. The gram of vein & muscle that tipped Babylon's scale.