august 6, 2004 attribution

ronny jordan >> the quiet revolution >> "jackal"

RONNY JORDAN

The Quiet Revolution

"Jackal"

Did I ever tell you about that man who changed my life? The one I thought, Oh, my Lord, when I saw him walk in the back of that bar, all tall and lean with them broad shoulders, sweet lips? I knew that I had died and gone to… Chocolate Heaven!

He had a real deep voice and white pearly teeth, and his shoe was always shinin'. Long slender fingers, manicured perfectly. The man wore $800 Italian suits straight from… I dunno, what would they call it? Milan or Rome, or someplace like that? I knew it wasn't local. I said, I got to get next to that! I haven't seen him in a long time. My man was so fine, he could get any good girl into trouble... You asked me what his name was? Well 'The Jackal'... 'The Jackal'. Say: 'The Jackal'...

He was fat-back-cat-cool, like a Friday afternoon martini chillin' at a quarter-after-5 -- twist of lime, Coke on the side. The brother loved the high life, had a Ph.D. in street strife. They called him 'The Jackal'.

He was big Mack daddy super black stylin' a-diamonds in the back Cadillac. Fur-lined boards, white wall wheels, cruise control, built for speed, chrome on evray-thang. And the stereophonic speakers, though he really didn't need them when they called him... 'The Jackal'. Say: 'The Jackal'... 'The Jackal'. Say: 'The Jackal'...

Fly boy was in the buttermilk -- hard, livin' fast, livin' large -- 6-foot-4, and not an ounce of fat! When women asked, 'Is you a fro cat?' He say 'My dear, I'm more that that. I'm the fro-est of the fro. And in case you hadn't known, they call me 'The Jackal'.

Served the 18-year bid. First Riker's Island, then they hid him in the State Penitentiary. Said the charge was Grand Larceny. That was 1975… And today, if he's still alive, he'd be living in the park. Hmmm… The brother whose claim to fame was that they called him 'The Jackal'. 'The Jackal'…"

'The Jackal'. Say: 'The Jackal'... 'The Jackal'. Say: 'The Jackal'...