Apollo - Jerry Joseph

my good friends lex and joey had come over to install ceiling fans as i was

finishing the song, so… what else to rhyme with malcom x, but lex?

you can’t take a subway to arthur ave in the bronx, but the bus ride’s worth

it for the mexican guys selling raw cherry stones on the half shell in front of

the fish markets… a friend laughed and said this is my redemption song… he was

probably high.

Three in the morning

Think I’ll walk down to Marcus Garvey and get some air

Shake off the warning

A couple of ghosts we could rustle and wake ‘round here

Kissing the goodnight

In my blood red cowboy shirt, my medicine

Whisper the bright lights

Chi Lites, Four Tops, Smokey Robinson

When my day’s begun

I ride my chariot around the sun

Like Apollo

Made a decision

A cold bodega tall boy on Malcom X

Sharing the vision

A dimebag disaster with my friend Lex

Love out of danger

My baby rides from Arthur Avenue

Swap it with strangers

Smack that wall child proving you are through

When my day’s begun

I ride my chariot around the sun

With the damage done

I ride my chariot around the sun

When the song is sung

I swing my baby’s love around the sun

Like Apollo

Wake up

To the rays of love

Get up

To the rays of love

Stand up

To the rays of love

Get up

To the rays of love

Like Apollo