Paradise on the Street (I & II)

by AFB

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If John Milton and Shel Silverstein had a baby, and that baby liked to rap.

For those interested in my inspiration: allpoetry.com/Hamlet-As-Told-On-The-Street

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Our epic starts with an explanation
A dissertation that lays the foundation
Of the justification of the flawed ways of god to men

So hold your applause and close your jaws
and step up, sit down and listen because
This schtick is sick with a snake and a dick! (biblically speaking)

This is paradise on the street
Just like Shel Silverstein,
(gonna’ ruin your childhood)
Wrote for playboy magazine
Shakespeare is ok dear but Milton was a scholar,
Satan is a baller let me hear y’all holler-
Paradise
on the street!
Paradise
on the street!

But wait there’s more- with the son of the morn’
Old Lu and his crew, thrown out with no warnin’
Messed with god and got the flames
Burning up in the lake screaming god’s to blame

He’s got his treasonous hordes on board to discuss
And they grunt and they hiss and they spit and they cuss.
And Satan, he stands and ponders his trip,
Working together- a new partnership--
Up towards heaven to start some shit

This is paradise on the street
Just like Shel Silverstein,
(gonna ruin your childhood)
Wrote for playboy magazine
Shakespeare is ok dear but Milton was a scholar,
Satan is a baller let me hear y’all holler-
Paradise
on the street!
Paradise
on the street!

Now they gaze, eyes blazing, at those dark materials
Plotting to raze, piss off the mighty ethereal.
Leaving his crew with their Pythian fields
Lu leaves in a daze- Hell’s Gate is sealed…

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released January 19, 2023
Lyrics by AFB
Music by Stace Pisani
Main Vox by AFB
Backup Vox by Stace Pisani
Mixing by John Pisani

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Madam Pince and the Librarians New York, New York

Madam Pince and the Librarians is wizard rock band. We sing about books. MPatL are: Ariel and Kelly, and sometimes Devon and Stacy.

Ariel Factor Birdoff is the full name and solo project of MPatL's founder and lead singer. ... more

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