[00:01.137]Did I ever tell you about that man who changed my life?
[00:04.523]The one I thought, oh my Lord, when I saw him walk in the back of that bar
[00:09.345]All tall and lean with them broad shoulders, sweeeet lips, I knew
[00:17.797]That I had died and gone to Chocolate Heaven
[00:30.479]He had a real deep voice, and white pearly teeth
[00:36.342]And his shoe was always shining
[00:40.014]Long slender fingers manicured perfectly
[00:43.573]The man wore 800-dollar Italian suits, straight from
[00:48.434]I dunno, what would they call it
[00:49.999]Milan or Rome or someplace like that?
[00:53.479]I knew it wasn't local
[00:56.258]I said, I got to get next to that
[01:00.165]I haven't seen him in a long time
[01:04.225]My man was so fine
[01:07.298]He could get any good girl into trouble
[01:12.106]You asked me me what his name was?
[01:15.297]Well. . . 'The Jackal'. . . 'The Jackal'. Say. 'The Jackal'. .
[01:51.523]He was fat back cat cool
[01:54.300]Like a Friday afternoon martini
[01:56.193]Chillin' at a quarter after 5
[01:58.591]Twist of lime, Coke on the side
[02:00.598]The brother loved the high life
[02:03.812]Had a Ph.D. in street stride
[02:05.961]They called him 'The Jackal'
[02:10.856]He was big Mack daddy super black stylin'
[02:14.490]A diamonds in the back Cadillac
[02:16.181]Fur-lined boards, white wall wheels
[02:18.635]Cruise control, built for speed, chrome on evray-thang
[02:23.600]And the stereophonic speakers, though he really didn't need them
[02:28.091]When they called him. . . 'The Jackal'. Say. 'The Jackal'. .
[03:03.846]Fly boy was in the buttermilk, hard
[03:08.227]Livin' fast, livin' large, 6 foot 4 and not an ounce of fat!
[03:13.956]When women asked, 'is you a frown Cat?'
[03:16.824]He said 'My dear, I'm more that that, I'm the frownest of the frown
[03:21.811]And in case you hadn't known, they call me 'The Jackal'
[03:29.392]Served an 18-year bid
[03:32.098]First Riker's Island
[03:33.666]Then they hid him in the state penitentiary
[03:37.060]Said the charge was Grand Larceny
[03:39.345]That was 1975, and today, if he's still alive
[03:44.255]He'd be living in the park
[03:47.702]Hm. The brother whose claim to fame was that they called him 'The Jackal'