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EDDIE JEFFERSON
5. Zap! Carnivorous (Mickey Tucker–Eddie Jefferson)
Eddie Jefferson (voc), Wayman Reed (t, flh), Richie Cole (as), Mickey Tucker (elp), Rick Laird (b), Eddie Gladden (d), Harold White (perc)
Blue Rock Studios, New York, NY, 17. März 1976
von: Still on the Planet (Muse, 1976; CD: Vocal Ease, 32 Jazz, 1999)
Zap! Carnivorous
Tell me what is happening in our cities today,
There was a time when we could go out and play.
Murderers and muggers running wild in our streets,
People are frightened they’re accepting defeat.
Hurry home,
What is life,
Lock your door,
‘Fraid at night.
Put your hands,
Up in the air,
Take your watch,
Gee, your scared.
Shoot you with his gun,
Stab you with his knife,
Hush don’t make a sound,
It may mean your life.
Zap Carnivorous,
Pops up in my mind,
Stickin’ up the bars,
Gets us a little time.
Snatching women pocket books and getting away,
If there’s no stopping them we might as well pray.
Half the population pretty soon will be dead,
I hope you descent folks heard what I said.
Hurry home,
What is life,
Go lock your door,
‘Fraid at night.
Put your hands,
Up in the air,
Take your watch,
Gee, your scared.
Shoot you with his gun,
Stab you with his knife,
Hush don’t make a sound,
It may mean your life,
Zap Carnivorous,
Pops up in my mind,
Stickin’ up the bars,
Gets us a little time.
They’re ripping off the poor and sucking off of the rich,
Who’s going to stop them they are but a bitch
Pistols flyin’ ruffies backin’ out of the door,
Hollerin’ everybody stay down on the floor.
Hurry home,
What is life,
Lock your door,
‘Fraid at night.
Put your hands,
Up in the air,
They’ll take your watch,
Yes, you’re scared.
Shoot you with his gun
Stab you with his knife
Hush don’t make a sound
It may mean your life
Zap Carnivorous,
Pops up in my mind,
Stickin’ up the bars,
Gets us a little time.
They will rob and kill you and then pay it no mind,
No used to hiding for an end to this crime.
They’re ripping off the poor and sucking off of the rich,
We got to stop it they are but a bitch.
Hurry home,
What is life,
Lock your door,
‘Fraid at night.
Put your hands,
Up in the air,
Take your watch,
Sure, you’re scared.
Shoot you with his gun
Cut you with his knife
Hush don’t make a sound
It may mean your life
Zap Carnivorous,
Pops up in my mind,
Stickin’ up the bars,
Gets us a little time.
Go away
Zap Carnivorous
Go away
Zap Carnivorous
Stop the crime
It’s the time
Stop the crime
Hit the street
Ain’t no Zap Carnivorous……
~ Eddie Jefferson
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