Doreen From Cabrini Green (Slice Of Life)
Hey, everybody my name is Doreen
And I was born and raised in Cabrini Green.
I remember on Friday's after school coming
Home and seeing brand new albums
Atop the component set with music that went
on for days!
Purchased From Frank's Barbershop on the corner
of Oak Street,
Then on Saturday's on Soul Train we'd see
Don Cornelius greet
Our favorites like Atlantic Starr and Frankie Beverly & Maze
Later on Mama and Daddy would go down to the
Matador, The 1208 or the Get Down Lounge,
As kids we used to try and unscramble and scrounge
ln between the after hours movies on
On TV and Spectrum
My older sister Karen and I would sooner
Than later watch the HoneyMooners...
Or the Benny Hill Show or Cell Block H on the tv screen.
Because two of the characters bore our
Names...Karen and Doreen.
Each time our namesakes would do something
stupid which was inevitable we'd tease each other!
On the other hand my two older brothers
Marsay and Butch would play Richard Pryor
and Millie Jackson records and 8 track cassettes
Yep, the same ones that we were not allowed
to listen to yet.