Starr wrote this as a tribute to Langston Hughes, hence the language which Hughes used in much of his poetry.
https://soundcloud.com/rc-james-user841120068/blues-for-mondays-child?si=b87f592871a54f4399c5a3c7f5974447&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing God pity Monday’s child,
da child whose heart is o’datt day.
‘N God pity Monday’s child,
da child who knows no otha way;
sho’nuff knows no otha way
fo’ his heart is o’datt day,
da longess,’ blackess’ day
Tell me where you hurt
talk ta me chil' a trubble
deep down in that rubble
fo'get the owner's mumble
he set now ta trip an' stumble
his dream ' bout to crumble
'n juss what is one t'do
till da work week's fin'ly done wit. Lawd?
God pity Monday's child
da chil' whose heart is o' datt day
da chil' who knows no otha way
sho'nuff his heart is o'datt day
da longess,' blackess' day
'n juss what is one t'do
till da work week's fin'ly done wit, Lawd
