Did I ever tell you about the man who changed my life?
The one I thought, oh. Lord, when I saw him walkin’
back in that bar, all tall and lean with them broad shoulders,
sweet lips, I knew that I had died and gone to
Chocolate Heaven
He had a real deep voice, white pearly teeth,
his shoe was always shiny.
Long slender fingers manicured perfectly.
The man wore 800-dollar Italian suit, straight from,
I dunno, what would they call it,
Milan or Rome or someplace like that?
I knew it wasn’t local.
I said, I got to get next to that.
I haven’t seen him in a long time.
The man was so fine, he could get any good girl into trouble
Can you guess what his name was?
Well
‘The Jackal’
‘The Jackal’
Say.
‘The Jackal’
He was fat back cat cool like a Friday afternoon martini,
chillin’ at a quarter after 5.
Twist of lime, Coke on the side.
The brother loved the high life.
Had a Ph.D. in street stride.
They called him ‘The Jackal’.
He was big Mack daddy super black stylin’
a diamonds in the back Cadillac.
Fur-lined boards, white wall wheels, cruise control,
built for speed, chrome on evray-thang.
And stereophonic speakers,
though he really didn’t need them.
When they called him
‘The Jackal’.
Say.
‘The Jackal’.
Fly boy was in the buttermilk, hard, livin’ fast, livin’ large,
6 foot 4 and not an ounce of fat!
When women asked, ‘is you a Cat?’
He said ‘I did more that that.
I’m the firmest of the firm
And in case you, hadn’t known,
they call me ‘The Jackal’.
Served the 18-year bid First Reicker’s Island
then they hid him in the state penitentiary.
Said the charge was Grand Larceny.
That was 1975, and today, if he’s still alive,
he’d be living in the park.
Hm. The brother whose claim to fame was
that they called him ‘The Jackal’.
‘The Jackal'”
,
I was at the shoot in 1993.
The video was filmed in the
Cafe de Paris in Leicester Square, London. I recall there being a lot of extras/models at the recording of the video though most of them don’t appear in the final cut of the video. A friend of mine, the stunning girl in the white dress talking to the Jackal was called Kadamba Simmons. R.I.P.
Where is CJ Craig
CJ is required!
frown cat, roan cat, wrong cat? I can't get to the bottom of that line is. In some lyrics it says 'frown cat' but I can't find anything that explains what it means.
I can’t believe I found this song from one of my favorite episode….
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Rip runny Jordan this was the jam
Smoother than smooth.
Are you talking to me during the Jackal?
This was a great story and a very cool song
I could dance this track out of your mind Strue
is that john fashanu?
Really love this song. Heard it on shuffle recently and finally decided to look up the video.
Never knew it was a video for this
If The Jackal ever shows up in a Spider Man movie, this song better play
She was much the Jackals – stage – Goddamit – absot-lute boss bird Id die ten times for that lass
The Jackal has died. Mark Bravo ( the main actor in this video) will be buried 11 May. He died not in the park but in his penthouse overlooking the Thames . Loved always Brother. Anthony ❤
El nombre del album CHACO de Illya Kuryaki nació por esta canción. Un dato que seguro nadie se lo esperaba, saludos
2:29 professional footballer John Fashanu notorious for his violent play
Pure class A hardcore Jazz Vibes, cruuuuuucialllll.
I can't tell you how many times I have watched this, I frickin love this!!
I am watching the very West Wing episode that C.J Cregg mimes the Jackal..Fantastic .
Chaaaaacooo
The Singer is Dana Bryant. The musician is Ronny Jordan.
Ronny Jordan never got the props he deserved!
Yeeeaahhhhh…this song is awful and the sax during the chorus makes birds fall, straight dead, out of the sky. It's a dumb song that white people think is cool because it was on the West Wing.
Exquisite stuff
Chocolate heaven…I feel a little dirty..lol
I see where Supreme Beings of Leisure got their inspiration from.