Solomon Jones Lyrics - Aceyalone

A bunch of wild boys was hanging around 

At the local neighborhood saloon 

And some cat kept dropping quarters down in the jukebox 

Playing all the favorite tunes 

And back by the bar playing cards looking hard 

Was big bad Solomon Jones 

And watching over his luck 

Was the love of his life 

Is the lady that was known as Simone 

When out of the night which was dark and cold 

Into the smoke-filled dimly-lit room 

Stumbled in a thug 

Who was smelling like bud 

And his eyes looked high as the moon 

He looked like a man with his foot in the grave 

And his lifetime about to be out 

Yet he slapped down some hundred-dollar bills on the bar 

And he yelled out "drinks on the house" 

Now nobody could place where this dude was from 

But we knew that he was far from home 

But we drank to his health 

And the last to drink was big bad Solomon Jones 

Now there are some G's 

Who just run the streets 

And they live life in and out of jail 

And such was he, that kind of OG 

That looked like he'd been through hell 

With his hair in cornrows 

A mean mug grill 

Like a dog who's day is done 

He lit up the green stuff in his cigar 

And took hits one by one 

Now I got to thinking who this cat could be 

And what the hell is- going on 

Well I turned around and who was staring at him 

The lady that was known as Simone 

And the white t-shirt all stained with dirt 

He was trying not to be rude 

But he was trying to find another 

Good song on the jukebox 

So he could just set the mood 

Have you ever been out in the city streets 

With the gang-made players so clear 

Where the police and gangsters control the block 

And gunshots is all that you hear 

When the only sounds are the drums of war 

And you left out in the cold 

A half-dead man in a half-dead world 

And a yellow-brick road to go 

Then all of a sudden the music changed 

And everyone just held their post â?¨But it felt like a life had been robbed from you 

And everything that you held close 

?¨That someone has stolen the women you love 

And that her love was a devil's lie â?¨That your heart was gone and the best thing that you could do is crawl away and die â?¨It's the painful cry of a man's despair deep down in his bones â?¨I guess misery enjoys company, said big bad Solomon Jones 

And the stranger turned 

And his eyes had burned 

In a most peculiar way 

And the white t-shirt that was stained in dirt 

He sat in to watch me sway 

Then his mouth had frowned up in this kind of grin 

And he spoke in a voice so clear 

"Boys you don't know who I am 

And I know that you just don't care" 

"Now I'ma say these words 

'cause these words are true 

And when I'm done here I'll be gone 

But one of you boys is a shiesty dog 

And his name is Solomon Jones" 

Then I ducked my head 

And the lights went out 

And two guns blazed in the dark 

Then I women swooned 

And the lights came on 

And the two men laced with the starch. 

With a bullet in his head 

And pumped full of lead 

Was big bad Solomon Jones 

What a thug from the street 

Who was hoeing his heat 

And who knows to that lady named Simone