Momma

Kao Ra Zen
3 min readMay 14, 2023

My grandmother taught me to play the bass-line to the song “Black Magic Woman”.

“Black Magic Woman” was a song by Santana.

But first it was a song by Fleetwood Mac.

My grandmother taught me to play the bass-line to the song “Black Magic Woman”.

“Black Magic Woman” was a song originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac.

I have always thought that Santana had recorded the original version of the song.
Fleetwood Mac recorded the original version of the song.

I never knew that before.

Not until now.

For years I had always thought that “Black Magic Woman” was originally a song by Santana.

I don’t recall that I had ever heard or heard of the Fleetwood Mac version. Not until now.

I am certain that whenever Momma brought up “Black Magic Woman”, she referred to it as a song by Santana.

It was a song by Santana.

But first it was a song by Fleetwood Mac.

My grandmother taught me to play the bass-line to “Black Magic Woman”.

Her name was Jo Ann Fulton.

I called her Momma.

Donna was my mother.
I called her Donna.
Donna called her mother Momma.
I called Donna’s mother Momma.

Darryl is my uncle.
I call him Darryl.
His last name is Fulton.

Donna was Darryl’s sister.
Donna and Darryl did not have the same last name.

Sometimes Momma called me Darryl.
Momma did not mean to call me Darryl, but sometimes she did.

Darryl is my uncle.

I have a sister.
Her name is Toni.
Her middle name is Chanel.
I call her Chanel.
A lot of people call her T.C.

We have the same last name.

I am her brother.

My grandmother taught me to play the bass-line to “Black Magic Woman”.
I had always thought that it was originally a song by Santana.
Santana released the song on the 1970 album ‘Abraxas’.
Fleetwood Mac originally released it as a standalone single in 1968.

The two versions of the song have differences, but they have the same name.

Black Magic Woman.

I play guitar.
Darryl plays guitar.
Sometimes Momma would call me Darryl.
Darryl plays guitar.
Darryl is my uncle.

I play guitar.

I don’t have a bass guitar.
I learned how to play the bass-line to “Black Magic Woman” from Momma.

Momma was my grandmother.
Her name was Jo Ann.

I don’t have a bass guitar.
Momma had a bass guitar.
Momma sold her bass guitar.

Momma was my grandmother.

Momma sold her bass guitar.

Momma sold her bass guitar to get money to buy cigarettes.
I did not know that Momma would sell her bass guitar to get money to buy cigarettes.

Momma had asked me if I wanted to buy her bass guitar.
I did not want to buy Momma’s bass guitar.

I wanted Momma to keep her bass guitar.

Momma sold her bass guitar.

Momma sold her bass guitar to get money to buy cigarettes.
Momma’s name was Jo Ann Fulton.

Before Momma’s name was Jo Ann Fulton, her name was Jo Ann Moore. Momma was married to Fred Fulton.

Fred Fulton is my grandfather.

I have never met Fred Fulton.

I have his last name.

My last name is Fulton.

My mother was Donna Kay Moore.
I do not have her last name.

My name is Kenya.
My last name is Fulton.
Donna Kay Moore was my mother.

I called her Donna.

Jo Ann Fulton was my grandmother.
I called her Momma.

Momma named me Kenya.
Momma was my grandmother.
Donna was my mother.

Donna told me that she named me Kenya.
Donna did not name me Kenya.

Donna lied to me.

Momma named me Kenya.
Sometimes she called me Darryl.
Darryl is my uncle.

Donna was my mother.
Donna called me Kenya.

Sometimes she called me Son.

Momma was my grandmother.
Sometimes she called me Darryl.

My name is not Darryl.

My name is Kenya.

Momma was my grandmother.

Momma taught me to play the bass-line to “Black Magic Woman”.
I had always thought that it was originally a song by Santana.
It was originally a song by Fleetwood Mac.

I was wrong.

I did not know.

Not until now.

Momma was my grandmother.
Momma named me Kenya.

Sometimes she called me Darryl.

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Kao Ra Zen

Poet-Rapper-Musician-Analog Man In A Digital Man