The Jackal

One of my all-time favorite TV shows is The West Wing.  Might be #1 on the list really, well...the first 3 years at least.  And Press Secretary CJ Cregg as played by Allisson Janney is my favorite character on the show.  Especially when she is acting the fool, like when she lip-synced her way through The Jackal.   Click on that link to see the magic.

Or just take a listen to the full version by Ronny Jordan and Dana Bryant.  This is one of the tunes that we listened to around the fire the other night.  Not sure why that is important, but there you go.  Enjoy!

The Jackal

by Ronny Brown and Dana Bryant

Did I ever tell you about the man who changed my life?

The one I thought, ohhh. Lord, when I saw him walkin' back in that bar, all tall and

lean with them broad shoulders, sweeeet 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 Riker'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'. . ."

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Note: Remember to play the Bug-Eyed Trivia Challenge every day. CJ Cregg IS the Jackal!