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"LA COSA NOSTRA"

by JoGa

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"LA COSA NOSTRA" 06:08
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*PART 1* *VERSE 1* i need protection… to ease my mind... i need protection... the kind i hope we can find… because i wasn't protected then... (now i'm in trouble again...) . . *CHORUS 1* it seemed very simple... to follow the mode... to swallow a bottle... to pound down the throttle... i asked for it over and over again… (i need protection…) . . *BRIDGE 1* i wanna be in trouble with you... and hear your boyfriends go "boo hoo hoo"... i wanna be in trouble with you... . *BRIDGE 2* don’t want another test i wanna change the subject i’ll give you all my best and i know you’re gonna love it… and then i’ll run my mouth again… . *BRIDGE 3* think fast little wild one and feel my heat think fast little wild one release the beat . . . *PART 2* *VERSE 1* god is my only friend i’m so fucking lazy i’m so goddamned crazy god is my only friend... i asked for it over and over again… i need protection… . *VERSE 2* there goes my only friend... i’m so fucking lazy... i’m so goddamned crazy... . there goes my only friend... convicted of crimes that i never committed then... (now i’m in trouble again…) . . *OUTRO* "o and so are we..." been running for miles now prepare for arrival . (tread carefully...) you murdered your rivals still you stick to denial . (you can hide here with me...) stay here awhile and we'll hide out in style . (o who are we?) (in the wee wee hours…) ((...under sleepy stars) (fell asleep with the stars...) . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"GOODBYE CREAM" 05:16
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*PART 1* calling in the EMTs... ('i come illegally...") ("...yea you and your legalese...") "strap me to an EKG..." ...(then) release me to the 'state police'… . . *PART 2* poor poor poor... young…dumb... still stuck sucking my thumb… still stuck sucking... ("something wrong, ma dear?") (when just when:) (anyone home?) ('are you in need of 'plumbing") . . *PART 3* (to coincide with 'all hung up again") ignored the 'hors d'oeuvres'... for i was smoking the herb as i exit the earth…as i exit the earth… as i exit the earth... . *PART 4* gimme cream…cream club soda… keep it clean…cream club soda... (as i exit the earth) (made it painfully obvious) (thought it thoroughly through) (now we're approaching the edge…) (i found loving in the smallest of spaces…) (i found loving in the strangest of places…) unkind faces playing unkind tricks on my mind) x 2 (have they no shame?) . . *PART 5* wouldn't ii be nice on a plantation? then we wouldn't have to work so long wouldn't have to pay no reparations wouldn't have to say that we were wrong look now ma i'm robotrippin! (just think of what you're missing...) (unclean spirits playing unkind tricks on my mind...) ("unseen tricks on my mind..') (or so said 'jon the batshit') . . *OUTRO* "COMMENCE 'COKE DRIP'* girls girls girls... dancing down on the 'sunset strip'... girls girls girls... (with their 'cocaine eyes'...) (...and magical hips...) (with their 'hamburger helpers'...) (...and 'hangover fits'...) . . "if the shoe fits..." "this'll do the trick!" "it'll be like 'brand new'!" . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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*KARAOKE DIARIES* 04:34
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*PART 1* to the ivy...to the ivy... i can rip it up but what’s the use? i can stay away… they once dubbed thee ‘sac’…now they’ll SACrifice thee! oh the way things are going…they’re gonna crucify me… peeling the bark from my family tree… oh the way things are going…they’re gonna crucify me… oh the way things are going... . . *PART 2* little boy blue...) turn up the noise under big city lights with dangerous boys mama put your cowgirls out to rest… . . *PART 3* "trick or treat!" anne-katrine... i've got the heebie jeebies! cuz i haven't been laid in 88 days… are you faking it too? is the truth too tough for you? . . *OUTRO* (diamonds never rust…) (heroes never rest…) (i thought our sun would never set…) . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"4 LOKO" 05:59
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*INTRO* tinder! ("i'm at turdy turd n turd...") . *VERSE 1* you were the 'laurel' to my 'hardy'... the mother of my goose... the rum in my bacardi the knot in my noose... the knot in my noose . "POOR PHIL..." *V1* poor phil for he got carried away (s-s-s-sinking in the river...) . *V2* unskilled in aquatic forays... he'd already drowned as they pretended to pray... as the ambulance came... wading in the water... (kept the ambulance waiting...) . *V3* poor phil... though waves will whisk him away now he'll have no more to say for he's definitely dunking today (link up finale of 'quicksand') . . "JOHN THE BATSHIT" *V1* who castrated cuomo? not a 'cubano'... asleep with 'estella'... his elder hermano... not a problemo... . V2: a reasonable schizo an uncertain psycho an angry castrato cradles his bible (and curses his rival...) . *V3* another cubano... ricardo jambrino... a lit cigarillo... he shares with amigo... the bambino... the bambino... . . . "WACKY KANACKI" *V1* too wacky to be witty a pity he's so petty so skinny...so silent... so secretly violent... so silent and deadly... . *V2* a pity i'm so pretty and 'witty'... i'm proud to be pithy... and now that you're with me... . *BRIDGE 1* let us go up in smoke together as we hope for impossible weather . *BRIDGE 2* has your trust fund all gone up your nose? have you sold off all your fancy clothes? am i butting in on someone's joke? have your savings all gone up in smoke? does the pot you piss in overflow? or am i totally loko? . OUTRO: poor phil... . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"THE NEGRO LEAGUES" 05:21
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*INTRO* "from 'harvard to 'handcuffs'…!" "from 'yale' to 'jail'…!" "from 'princeton' to 'prison'…!" . . *VERSE 1* sailing down to 'sumter' to address his grievances... competing in the 'negro leagues'... breaking all the records… (make the "all-time leader" list...) . . *REFRAIN 1* gonna need a needle... and a 'broken bottle'... you're a 'lethal evil'... (....i'm your oldest rival...) . . *GUITAR SOLO* (with several modulatons) . . *REFRAIN 2* (in new key) you're a 'true believer'... i'm a 'baby bible'... you're a lethal evil... ...i'm your oldest rival... . . *PART 2* calling on the choir... seeking your acceptance... born in the 'batter's box'... (...back to the 'on-deck entrance...) too many people won't go... too many people said no... . . *OUTRO* here comes the wind-up... step in and don't back away do you hear what i say? i'm getting ready last night you turned me away i'm feeling lucky today... pied piper... (i'd better get back in bed...) . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"Y2K" 03:56
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*PART 1* in our world… in our world... be cool… be kind… and open up your mind… (cuz we need you more than ever now…) . . *PART 2* V1* --> looking down at a 'dead end road'… not going home… (i'm a lonely ghost...) can't crack the code... (if you clear the coast) . *V2* --> take my time on my final day... (in our world…) i won't explode…i wanna waste away... . 'V3' --> and now her heart's not very far… so you should show her where you are... "GOT A WHOLE LOT HEAVIER THEN" turn the table then go... ...with understandable woe... ('unsustainable woe') that's hoy i know… yea i know i'll never see you again… now some may say that they know... ...but note they'll never say 'when'… ..."got a whole lot heavier then..." . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"WIFE-BEATER" 03:22
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*CHORUS 1* boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka boom (i can smell her from across the room…) . . *VERSE 1* she is leaving in a large balloon (we’ll be abandoned soon...) she takes her coffee with a dash of cream (just like her frenchman’s dream...) . . *VERSE 2* she is letting go of all of her friends (we’ll never speak of them again...) . . *VERSE 3* we are going through a bitter divorce but she won’t appear in court… so i must resort to force… . . *CHORUS 2* so boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka boom (now i'm throwing her across the room) . . *VERSE 4* we are going through a bitter divorce but she won’t appear in court… so i must resort to force… . . *OUTRO* don’t wake the neighbors just let me be big and bold and cruel and cold do yourself a favor don’t offer resistance and keep within (striking) distance... . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"ALTERED STATES" 04:38
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*INTRO* (zoom around a 'medium' seance with curious commoners preparing to communicate with dead friends + famiy members) "ghost..." are you really there 'miss hubbard'? are you really there? hiding in some haunted cupboard... are you really there? (*to coincide with 'holy ghosted' verses*) saddled to my holy hearse... she wouldn't be the first (so) are you?…are you really there? are you?…are you really there? . . *PART 1* last call for alcohol (yea, y'all know what you're missing) for there's a deep-fried suicide brewing in the kitchen and i'm a well-worn world warrior wonderin wonderin why… wonderin why…wonderin why… . . *PART 2* stoned at last! stoned at last! (i have surrendered at last..._ now i've got grass up my ass no longer sick in the head i put my baby to bed put all my demons to rest i let em all off my chest never enough but now i'm feeling alright… although she had me in cuffs by the end of the night... . . *PART 3* too much 'wiping out'... need more 'reeling in'... let's take the 'scenic route'… let's let them 'games' begin… and take the long way home… let's take the long way home… let's take the long way home… . . *OUTRO* the ghost of a criticism sinking in...again… (i'm popping pimples again…) step right in…to the ruins… the ghost of a criticism sinking in...again… (i'm popping pills again…) step right in…to the ruins… the ghost of a criticism sinking in... (you're only ordinary…) step right in…to the ruins… step right in…and you're gonna be fine… . . "FADE-OUT" --> and take it...to the limit…one more time... "take it..to the limit..." . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"PAUL IS DEAD" 04:09
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*PART 1* (to coincide with sinatra's "it was a very good year") . . *V1* 'til they walked in town again didn't we almost have it all? 'father freddy' cut the grass... tried to give that job to paul... (...didn't we almost have it all?...) . . *V2* little eddie never left... little eddie mows the lawn… 'father freddy' cuts the grass… paulie's stifling a yawn… . . . ('freddy'd lke...to sacrifice... (...his firstborn son...) . . . iV3* pound for pound… pound for pound… in 'vienna'… ring ring… ring ring... but larnick wouldn't sing… . . . .*PART 4* "DISNEY WORLD (REPRISE)" moving out to another town... i'll face another round... i'll face another round... i'll face another round alone… i'll face another round alone… . . *PART 2* *V1* remember when we was 15? man you wanted (to be) me… baby making a hobby of copying me… . . *V2* though it's too late now… (strike 3!) (you overgrown fairy) . . *V3* trying your best to get this film off your chest… ("this is 'art' not "therapy"...!) . . *V4* and i'll keep right on writing with my 'plate's' remaining full... (man you couldn't even finish a bowl… (...of cereal!) . . *PART 3* . . o tin-eared TC… takes two tits to know… and they famously flopped on the 'ferguson show'… ("gave it her best shot!") ("...but i think not!") . . stick her in the same cell as 'pellagatti'... nail 'em to the 'crucifix' immediately… just your normal spoiled bitch… "i knew her back when i was rich..." . . . *OUTRO* none of 'em thought that you'd make it this far... ("...but like it or not here you are...") . don't ever give in to the whispers you hear... ("...but silently lend them your ear…") . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"ALL HUNG UP AGAIN" 04:09
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*PART 1* the return of the 'homecoming queen'... to her hometown team... she missed that man... but what's that mean? . . *PART 2* so she turns on her record machine… to tune into an alternate scene... . . *PART 3* look her in the eyes... . . . *PART 4* all hung up again.. try my luck again... . . . *PART 5* inkstained… living in the moment... keeping all my demons at bay… sweating all my troubles away... . . *PART 6* woke up in a cold sweat... trying my best to remember... (though i tend to forget) . . *OUTRO* all hung up again… try my luck again… . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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*THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS* 07:20
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*INTRO* come get ready... come get ready... . . ******PART 1****** *VERSE 1* have you seen me crying diamonds? have you seen me cry like a heartbroken star in the sky? . (well wherever you are...) . (...i hope you can fly...) (come get ready) . . *VERSE 2* have you heard her yearn in earnest? how she lives and learns as we die on a fifth of july have you seen me crying diamonds? have you seen me cry like a heartbroken star in the sky? . well wherever you are i hope you can fly... ("yea you'd better get ready...") (detour into 'gingerbread house" / "user manual" / "be prepared") . . . ********PART 2********** *V1* don't turn your light off... (release the beat) ripping your dresses right off feel my heat (beneath my sheet...) . . mama don't raise your voice,,, (let it rest...) . . *V2* leaving your kittens right out in the street release my sheep . wishing you had more white-out now you can't delete... (now you can't repeat...) . mama don't raise your voice... (let me rest) (leave now please) . . *PART 3* *V1* you'll have to excuse me... i'm kinda new... . ("what can i do for you?") (asks 'pupper master') . i c-c-c-came to fill your shoes (to coincide with "my generation") . (i abide by all the stars in action...) . *R1* i'm gonna grow up... to be just like you.. ("what can i do for you"?) . . (the greatest jew since 'lenny bruce',,,) . . *OUTRO* *V1* i'd hate to be the one to be a breaking the mold (i'd rather) cut and run, (then) come up cold come and hold me centerfold.... come and hold me centerfold... come and hold me centerfold... . *V2* thought you'd be the one to be a getting it done baby 'cut and run', 'cut and run'... (come and hold me centerfold,,,) (come and hold me centerfold...) (come and hold me centerfold,,,) . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆
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"EVEREST" 05:32
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*VERSE 1* mounting everest... (didn’t take much) i’d thought i’d lost all sense of touch… we did the double dutch…. pretty much…we did the double dutch… . *VERSE 2* o sophia what’s the rush? i’d thought i’d lost all sense of touch… we did the double dutch…. pretty much…we did the double dutch… . *CHORUS* mounting everest…such a chore… sure don’t feel…like the summer before… when mounting everest didn’t take much… we did the double dutch… . . . 👑🏰.⚔️kingdomofJoGa.com/⚔️.🏰👑 🏆✨✨*WE WON THE WAR* ✨✨🏆

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