The Kidnapping

By Pete Marriott

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[Verse 1: Romance]

When I was 14, I used to work in this meat store

I shouldn’t say work , cause I think I used to eat more

Saw enough dollars, I used to love this job

My boss was Italian and he was down with the mob

Took me under his wing and treated me like family

I could mess up nothing, he would never get mad at me

He used to own this club all the way out in Bensonhurst

He took me a couple of times, I used to love when I went and heard

Niggas aren’t welcome, I used to say “Don’t lie to me

I got to be welcomed because the owner invited me.”

Guys would hush, girls would blush but I never knew why

But then now I knew I had the juice to kiss their family goodbye

Because you see my boss was more than a meat store owner

He was another Gotti, Castellano, Al Capone

Lord of organized crime, living life in trife and glory

One phone call and he can know your life story

Man, you don’t know how fast I went and got a lawyer

Could you imagine how I felt knowing he was my employer?

But I must admit it was kind of fun

Anyone I wanted to do, You know what I did?...I had them done

Having dinner at his crib, I met his wife And his Mother, Father, Brother, Sisters, Cousins and Kids

But, one day the fun came to a stop

I got to my crib and my heart just dropped

I see my family tied down to the chairs

Tape around their mouth and their eyes was in tears

Loosen the knots and the ropes unwrapped

And I looked at my mother and I said “What happened?”

She gave me a letter and said it’s all because of this

Written in blood and signed extortionist

It said you have to kill your boss, so we can have his fortune

If you refuse, we know you’re gonna to miss her

I looked around, I couldn’t find my little sister

Jetted to my boss and told him that I had to kill him

He said thanks for telling me and punched me on my grill

I said “No... don’t worry, I need your help badly

I can’t give in to them because they’re messing with my family”

He said “You don’t say”

I said “Yes I do”

He said “Kid, here’s what I’ma do for you”

He said “We’re in September and I know you since December

I think I knew you good enough to make you a member

You’re entering in a world full of drugs and racketeering

Organized crime and the powers overbearing

Between me and you, there’ll be no more lying

The only way out is if you’re dead or if you’re dying

And must I remind you that they got your sister kid.”

That’s the reason why I did what I did

He called up Bruno and said “Get in touch with Fish”

Then he told Joey to send some men to Bay Ridge

He knew who had my sister and he knew where she was at

He knew that I come to him for help in a couple of seconds flat

A few minutes later, me and my new friends rolled out

In limos and stretch Mercedes Benz

Down the road we had a weapons check

Check for the 9 and check for the Tek

Check for the Uzi and check for the shotty

Check to make sure we wasn’t after John Gotti

[Liam Neeson’s voiceover]

I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want

If you’re looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money

But what I do have, are a very particular set of skills

Skills I have acquired over a very long career

Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you

Skills I have acquired over a very long career

Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you

Skills, I will look for you. Skills, I will find you. Skills, and I will kill you


[Verse 2: Romance]

We got to the spot where we would not be playing

Visions of my sister had me constantly praying

I had the nerve to pray with a 9 in my hand

Thinking about killing the first sight of a man

We busted through the back of this factory-like building

I just knew it was a building where somebody will get killed when

Through the boiler room, I seen this man in the front

I said “Boss, can I do him?”

He said “Do him if you want”

I did him and I hit him in the back of the door

Then I went through not knowing what was in store

What I saw made a scared spirit move me

It was Don Corleone, the Godfather from the movie

He ordered his men “Shoot to kill”

We all ran for cover, while we heard the bullets drill

I seen pictures of the bullets getting closer to my skin

Cocked back the 9 and made sure the clip was in

Then I jumped up and started shooting and then I stopped

I could’ve sworn I seen about 11 men just drop

It put the confidence back into my crew

They jumped up and started licking shots too

None of us got hit but they were getting smeared

I looked around, Corleone disappeared

Then I heard this noise, that I couldn’t understand

It sounded like a scream covered up by a hand

Corleone stepped out from behind this door

The mister had my sister with a toolie to her jaw

I didn’t know what to do, for her I life I feared

But then I thought like MacGyver and I got this idea

Shot the light switch and the lights were gone

But the emergency power turned the lights back on

But then a shot rang out and Corleone was dead

My sister shot the mister in the center of his head

I bet you’re wondering how she got a gun, how she brought it

When the lights went out, I threw the 9 and she caught it