Solomon Jones-Aceyalone

[ti:Solomon Jones] [ar:Aceyalone] [al:Magnificent City] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Solomon Jones - Aceyalone [00:11.79]A bunch of wild boys was hanging around [00:13.92]At the local neighborhood saloon [00:16.09] [00:17.15]And some cat kept dropping quarters down in the jukebox [00:20.09]Playing all the favorite tunes [00:21.99] [00:22.92]And back by the bar playing cards looking hard [00:25.55]Was big bad Solomon Jones [00:27.62] [00:28.18]And watching over his luck [00:29.61]Was the love of his life [00:31.05]Is the lady that was known as Simone [00:32.93] [00:33.99]When out of the night which was dark and cold [00:36.30]Into the smoke-filled dimly-lit room [00:38.74] [00:39.55]Stumbled in a thug [00:40.87]Who was smelling like bud [00:42.18]And his eyes looked high as the moon [00:44.61]He looked like a man with his foot in the grave [00:47.55]And his lifetime about to be out [00:49.93]Yet he slapped down some hundred-dollar bills on the bar [00:53.43]And he yelled out ＂drinks on the house＂ [00:56.30]Now nobody could place where this dude was from [00:58.67]But we knew that he was far from home [01:00.86] [01:01.61]But we drank to his health [01:02.93]And the last to drink was big bad Solomon Jones [01:06.36] [01:07.30]Now there are some G＇s [01:08.80]Who just run the streets [01:09.93]And they live life in and out of jail [01:12.23] [01:12.74]And such was he that kind of OG [01:15.74]That looked like he＇d been through hell [01:17.73] [01:18.43]With his hair in cornrows [01:19.86]A mean mug grill [01:21.11]Like a dog who＇s day is done [01:23.24] [01:23.86]He lit up the green stuff in his cigar [01:26.17] [01:26.79]And took hits one by one [01:28.79] [01:29.41]Now I got to thinking who this cat could be [01:32.22]And what the hell is- going on [01:34.23] [01:35.10]Well I turned around and who was staring at him [01:37.85]The lady that was known as Simone [01:40.10] [01:40.72]And the white t-shirt all stained with dirt [01:43.29]He was trying not to be rude [01:45.41] [01:46.10]But he was trying to find another [01:47.72]Good song on the jukebox [01:49.22]So he could just set the mood [01:51.04] [01:51.72]Have you ever been out in the city streets [01:54.35]With the gang-made players so clear [01:56.78] [01:57.35]Where the police and gangsters control the block [02:00.35]And gunshots is all that you hear [02:02.35] [02:02.91]When the only sounds are the drums of war [02:05.60]And you left out in the cold [02:07.85] [02:08.53]A half-dead man in a half-dead world [02:11.47]And a yellow-brick road to go [02:13.41] [02:14.10]Then all of a sudden the music changed [02:16.85]And everyone just held their post ˙ut it felt like a life had been robbed from you [02:22.69]And everything that you held close [02:24.81] [02:25.38]Hat someone has stolen the women you love [02:28.50]And that her love was a devil＇s lie hat your heart was gone [02:32.25]And the best thing that you could do is crawl away and die [02:35.79] [02:36.60]It＇s the painful cry of a man＇s despair deep down in his bones [02:41.56] [02:42.38]Guess misery enjoys company said big bad Solomon Jones [02:46.87] [02:47.81]And the stranger turned [02:49.06]And his eyes had burned [02:50.44]In a most peculiar way [02:52.43] [02:53.12]And the white t-shirt that was stained in dirt [02:56.00]He sat in to watch me sway [02:58.75]Then his mouth had frowned up in this kind of grin [03:01.81]And he spoke in a voice so clear [03:03.93] [03:04.62]＂Boys you don＇t know who I am [03:07.24]And I know that you just don＇t care＂ [03:09.37] [03:10.00]＂Now I＇ma say these words [03:11.37]＇＇cause these words are true [03:12.80]And when I＇m done here I＇ll be gone [03:14.93] [03:15.62]But one of you boys is a shiesty dog [03:18.11]And his name is Solomon Jones＂ [03:20.44] [03:21.30]Then I ducked my head [03:22.55]And the lights went out [03:23.86]And two guns blazed in the dark [03:26.24] [03:26.80]Then I women swooned [03:28.12]And the lights came on [03:29.49]And the two men laced with the starch [03:31.74] [03:32.49]With a bullet in his head [03:33.93]And pumped full of lead [03:35.12]Was big bad Solomon Jones [03:37.05] [03:37.87]What a thug from the street [03:39.31]Who was hoeing his heat [03:40.55]And who knows to that lady named Simone