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Life these days is hard for any man But not uncle Vinny, you see he’s in this gang, He’s living a real good life Got more money than the President and his wife, With his fancy suits and his flash car The whole neighbourhood treats him like a star, Vinny and my ma is all the family I got I lost my pa the poor man got shot, Had a fight in school and would you believe I lost Vinny told me it’s time you met my boss, Clean yourself up and get in the car Then he took me to Tony’s bar, Now Tony’s the boss, De Capo, top man Vinny said he’d help you if he can, We went into the backroom with ten large men I was questioned for an hour or so then.... ‘Boy’ Tony said “you’re working for me now and never again will you be touched” I kissed his hand thank you Tony, thank you very much, They had me serving drinks a cleaning the bar Going on runs and even parking their cars, This life for me is good, real grand Starting to feel like a grown man, They treated me like family, like a best friend They was paying me more money than I could ever spend, Out and about working on one of my runs Got arrested by a cop with a gun, Worried to death what Vinny would say Not to mention Tony I’ve lost his pay, They let me off with a small fine ‘Cos I’m to young to do hard time, Everyone outside cheered so loud Vinny kissed me and told me he was proud, I looked at him funny and said why’s that? ‘Cos you stayed quiet and didn’t rat, Got in trouble for not going to school Haven’t got time for that I got better things to do, Tony had me doing better jobs Like burning out properties and going on the rob, The money was coming in hard and fast Tell the truth I never seen so much cash, Working my way up through the ranks My biggest job yet was robbing the bank, Word gets round out on the street Getting more respect off everyone I meet, Vinny got pinched when a job went wrong He’s doing hard time now, his good life is gone, Ma’s getting worried ‘cos Vinny got pinched She’s thinking I’m gonna end up the same way as him, Don’t think about it Ma I know it’s hard Vinny got pinched ‘cos he dropped his guard, Then came the day Tony called me out the back ‘Boy’ he said ‘it’s time you did your first whack, People get whacked all the time in this game You never see it coming and no one’s to blame, Tony told me where and who to whack But they was waiting for me with a counter attack, I’ve lived a life so short and fast People in this game never last.
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