This album exists to document the conversations America teaches without admitting it does.

“The Talk”

Children’s Song Forms Rewritten for Adult Realities

Content Notice

This album contains explicit language and addresses historical and contemporary racial violence, including lynching, racist ideology, and systemic injustice.

This work is intended for adult audiences.

“The Talk” is a ten-song album by

The Chitlin Circus Big Top.

Using the familiar structure of children’s songs—melody, repetition, clarity—these recordings turn toward adult realities: inherited language, historical violence, coded warnings, and the lessons passed down long before they are explained.

Musically, the album draws from R&B, hip-hop, rap, and soul traditions.

Lyrically, it speaks plainly.

This is not entertainment designed for comfort.

It is music as witness.

🎧 Song Title: The Beautiful Black Ornament

A song confronting racial terror and the violence carried through history.

Price: $5.00

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🎧 Song Title: You Can’t Do That

A song about Jim Crow laws enforced through “custom,” threat, and routine.

Price: $5.00

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“The Talk” Full Album

(10 Tracks)

This album is intended to be heard as a complete work.

Several songs are not available individually.

Includes:

All 10 tracks

Immediate digital download

Album Price: $35.00

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Individual tracks are available, but the album is presented as a unified work to preserve context and intention.

CREDITS

Lyrics written by Thom Reaves

Music and vocals generated using Suno AI under commercial license

A project by The Chitlin Circus Big Top