Junior Mafia
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.
Copyright © Gavin Williams | Year Posted 2020
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