Tuna Melt (feat. Davis the Dorchester Bully)

from Smoke Detector by Rich Jones

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lyrics

(Rich Jones)
Would you like to try the tuna melt I left in the car?
I’m parked a block away
Hey, it ain’t that far
Ya say you’re hungry
Ya say you’re hungry
Well let’s see how hungry you are

(Davis the Dorchester Bully)
Oh shoot, the devil's loose
Chasin' me down with some blue racks and a golden noose
Pick of the litter, Dirty D the golden goose
The moorish oompa loop
Singing death praises to you Verruca salts, Augustus Gloops
Charizma like apple juice
break
What’s really at stake?
One word from my lips
Cracked a seal from the good book and made the ground quake
So I use these words sparingly
Why study what comes naturally?
Style ain’t native shit processed like hot lye and potatoes
Does you’re gaze go towards your naval?
Or to the stars like Galileo?
I’m good at these games, i’m kin to Kaiba Seto
But still asking the questions
Like why do magical negroes still need white saviors?
I guess it’s all labor
Whether out of love or a venomous nature
Shit
I don't know
I don't know

(RJ)
Always fought with lovers
Never been a puncher no
But I heard some chatter lately
From some jokers
And they think they got my number

Don’t put Jonesy in a corner
Cause I’ll bounce you off the bumper
Sons of Bumpus’
Ain’t no nemesis’s
Cool summer
I feel followed
Trying to spot my hunters
Accomplices accomplishing nada
Nunca, light showers
Heavy sleepage,
Life was messy
Where I left it
Uncompleted
Complicated
I receded
They applauded
So I take it
That by leaving
Now they’re wanting
Absences and fondness
A correlative study
Of the path from total strangers to drinking buddies
Wet kisses, feeling buzzy
Jet tickets around the country
It all felt so deep
Wondering how do I sleep?
Physical labor and weed
But for what or for whom?
Do I let consume
My moments of ecstasy
My to A to Z, 5 days a week
123 say with me
This is bullshit
I ain’t playing
And I quit + I leave

credits

from Smoke Detector, released June 15, 2022

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about

Rich Jones Chicago, Illinois

Rich Jones is a prolific Chicago artist, community figure, and veteran of the cultural scene. Known for his versatile and evolving style, his latest album How do you sleep at night? finds him returning to his Hip Hop roots as he tackles class complacency, complicity under American authoritarianism and the value of human life vs. what’s profitable. ... more