Fireworks 3 and 4

Chapter Forty

"This song is a love letter from me to the media,

From the Shade to the Bossip to the Wikipedia,

Wanna thank you, shake your hand, fly to you like Expedia.

Sometimes ya'll show love and you're sweet like some Stevia,

But other times you throw shade and hate like a-

Bia! Bia!

We get checks,

Show respect,

Don't throw hate like a –

Bia! Bia!

We put in work

While you lurk

Don't spread negativity like a –

Bia! Bia!"

    Cardi flipped her ponytail and laughed as she lifted her eyes from the notepad she'd read from.

    Seated across from her in a large studio with ambient music playing in the background, Mia grinned and picked up where Cardi left off.

"This is a love letter from me to the media,

Whose M.O. is to kiss our ass, then get greedy, uh...

You get no pass, you're being way too needy, uh...

Could show some class, but you choose to be seedy, uh...

Please, listen, because I must insist

That you acknowledge we are the only reason you exist.

We are grade-A legends while you're on the D-list.

If you behave accordingly, then you won't get dissed.

But in the event you want to be a fighter, not a lover,

And encourage the public to body shame a child's mother,

Or even worse, encourage the public to roast one child and then another,

We'll gladly remind in due time we shouldn't hate on each other.

We'll gladly remind the entire world that love is enough,

But apologies if my love for you is too tough.

Sincerely -----

Mia, Mia."

    Cardi B. jumped out of her chair and started singing the hook at the top of her lungs. Mia stood and happily joined in, tilting her head back and screaming to the ceiling.

We get checks,

Show respect,

Don't throw hate like a –

Bia! Bia!

We put in work

While you lurk

Don't spread negativity like a –

Bia! Bia!"

    The two women high fived and then hugged. Then Cardi reviewed her lines again.

    "I feel like we're almost there," Mia said, looking over her own lines. "I'm not completely happy with my verse. I have to tweak it a little. Some of the syllable counts are off."