The King Of New York

Album: Come Find Yourself (1996)
Charted: 28
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  • Frankie was a mook from the block we used to live on
    The wanna be the gangster
    The wanna be the dapper Don, Don John
    On the wall, an' said
    "I'm your biggest fan next to my little brother Paul"
    He's losing his grip, like Pesci, he'd flip
    If you talk to his brother he says they always planned this trip
    He wasn't okie-dokie running around like Don Quixote
    Trying to free a man, he didn't even know B
    He had the roots and he bought the suits
    And the boys didn't like him to tell you the truth, yeah
    He had "J.G." on his pinky ring
    And he lied about doing some time up in Sing Sing
    Flipped one fine Summer afternoon
    He told his brother Pauli, "something had to be done soon"
    He took Pauli and a couple of boys
    And decked the Coupe de Ville to Illinois

    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, la-di da-di, la-di
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, the King of New York, the King of New York!
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, la-di da-di, la-di
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, the King of New York, the King of New York!

    He got a clipper from a stripper, he met at a club
    Two sticks of dynamite, a .38 Snub
    He went to see the Don, without an invitation
    I-said-I'd-stay outside the gate with this three man demonstration
    They was waving picket signs, and the C.O. saw a nine
    And only Pauli got away with the skin on his behind
    Back in the borough, the cops are acting thorough
    They raided Frankie's room
    That's when they saw his bureau (echo)
    Upon it was a note, with a rhyme that was dope
    About how he was breaking John out and how he couldn't cope
    It said, "I don't fly coach, never save the roach...
    The King of New York, The King of New York"
    It said, "I don't fly coach, never save the roach...
    The King of New York, The King of New York"
    It said, "I never fly coach, never save the roach...
    The King of New York, The King of New York"

    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, la-di da-di, la-di
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, the King of New York man, the King of New York!
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, la-di da-di, la-di
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, the King of New York man, the King of New York!

    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, la-di da-di, la-di
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, the King of New York man, the King of New York!
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, la-di da-di, la-di
    La-di da-di, free John Gotti, the King of New York man, the King of New York!

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