In case you’ve not heard yet, Mike’s sent in a tip
Concerning the death of a great man named Nip
-sey Russell, a poet and comic we loved
Who now will be rhyming in heaven above
We watched him on Match Game and Hollywood Squares
On many a game show he’d often be there
He did not do much film work, excepting The Wiz
But at versification, he was the best in the biz

R.I.P., Nipsey.