Subject Matter Expert

I show up Nice Clothes Talk a good game Domain knowledge Soft skills Subject matter expert All of it Sales pitch it to you Train it Teach it too Build it Make it beautiful Spill it Tell the story And the strategy If you want me too Lay across these lines Of the product and the service It’s all words In the weeds Or at 30,000 feet All this jargon Just a test To see I can speak Your language I code switch without anguish Double consciousness When rent turns to mortgage We can’t plan on broken promises From the boardroom to the block Be consistent when you stand When you got The gift of gab And a mic up in your hand Cardboard dreams Dancing in my head Spray the can With some hip hop In your hands Credits From Queer Core: Behind the Music, released November 27, 2020 Written and composed by M. Smith Bass, guitar, keys by QueenEarth Produced, mixed, and performed by QueenEarth