[Intro]
Yo, we’re going flag shopping
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
Yo, USA
[Verse 1]
We’re going flag shopping for American flags
They’re staring at our turbans
They’re calling them rags
They’re calling them towels
They’re calling them diapers
They’re more like crowns
Let’s strike them like vipers
I know why they mad
But why call us A-rabs
We sad like they sad
But now we buy they flags
Spying on our Muslim brother
While staring at our mother
Lover they some bad mother fuckers
We’re going flag shopping
We’re going flag shopping
The kids are throwing stones
We complain but they ain’t stopping
On your way to the top
And now they want you to stop
Your mama pray to god
But your dad’ll lose his job
Your dad mad cause he lost all clients
Dad, why you crying?
I thought that we had the spirit of the lion
He take it out on you
His belt big like Orion’s
The NSA be spyin’
[Hook]
We’re going American flag shopping
Red, white, blue on our crib
The neighbors threw rocks at the house
They making it harder to live
They wanna shorter version
They wanna nickname
They wanna Toby us
Like we Kunta Kinte
(x2)
[Verse 2]
Federal agents tap my mobile phone
And use drones to track my mobile home
The towers hit the planes
I guess it was written
But now they all lookin’ at us different
They lookin’ at us different
They lookin’ at us different
Yo, why they lookin’ at us different?
They wakin’ up my friend at night for no reason
They promised him freedom
Now he guilty for treason
The kids are leaving school
They’re all misleading tools
And I was there
I saw the towers and the planes
And I’ll never be the same
Never ever be the same
I seen things that I never wanna see again
I heard things that I never wanna hear again
And now we’re going flag shopping
Yeahhhh
In addition to ruling the seas and having a pet kraken, Davy Jones can teleport anywhere that’s involved with the sea. Hell, even his men can teleport; when his heart-in-a-box is stabbed, they all instantly appear next to him. We first see the teleportation when Jack Sparrow is looking at Davy far off through a telescope, then lowers it to find that he’s standing right next to him.
Later, Davy teleports between his ship and another ship and even walks through objects. Damn, how did they ever beat a guy who can use these powers in the middle of a battle?
Because he doesn’t use them. Davy just sorta forgets that his powers go further than “looking super ugly,” as movie villains tend to do with alarming frequency. When there’s a pitched sea battle and the literal key to his heart is rolling around on a ship deck 20 feet from him, Davy looks desperate and worried and then takes time to cross swords with every douche in front of him.
Why not teleport to the key? Or, failing that, just walk through every sword in his way, since he can apparently do that, too? During the entire battle, Davy teleports exactly once, when he should have been jumping all over the place. For instance, not once in this movie does Davy wait until Jack Sparrow charges at him with his sword, then teleport Orlando Bloom’s character in front of him and watch as he gets stabbed in the dick. Not once. That sums up everything that’s wrong with Hollywood today.
I’ve always said that his and Calypso’s story was the most compelling of all the various arcs in the franchise. I’d have given a lot for a rated R version where Davy Jones could be as terrifying as he was meant to be.
Waiting for Winter 