[Verse 1: Mafioso-rap male MC, slow sure flow, crisp snare] Thursday night at Saint Agnes, basement hall, seven sharp Folding chairs and coffee and a marker for your card Twenty years I've called the numbers, twenty years I've kept it clean Nobody cheats in my hall, you understand what I mean Got a cousin on the door and a nephew sellin' tickets Fifty-fifty in a coffee can and nobody gets wicked Then Kowalski from the third row wins the jackpot nine in a row And a man in my position has a duty to know [Hook: Mafioso-rap male MC, cold, low round bass] Nobody leaves until I call it Sit back down and keep your card in your pocket I see the room, I see the door, I got it Nobody leaves until I call it [Verse 2: Mafioso-rap male MC, colder, tense guitar] So I sit down with the nephew in the kitchen by the urn Little kid is sweatin' bullets, says he's only here to learn Check the cards against the box, the box against the book Every winner on the sheet got the same little look Somebody slipped her a sheet before the first ball dropped Somebody with a key to the cabinet up top Only three men got a key to that cabinet upstairs Me, the janitor, and the man who leads the prayers [Bridge: Mafioso-rap male MC, half spoken, very low] So I climb the stairs, I knock on the rectory door Father Donnelly's in there with a bucket on the floor Drip, drip from the ceiling and the plaster's comin' down Says Sal, I fixed the bingo, it's the cheapest roofer in town Says the parish needed thirty grand, the bishop told him no So the Lord helps those who help themselves, and that's the way it goes [Verse 3: Mafioso-rap male MC, slow and sure, punchy kick] He been feedin' her the card so the jackpot fixed the roof And she's givin' every penny back, he showed me the proof Now a man like me, I got a code and I got a choice And the code says you don't rat on the cloth, so lower your voice So I walk back down the stairs and I straighten up my tie Tell the nephew he did nothin' and to wipe his damn eye Spin the cage and grab a ball and call it clear across the room And Kowalski gets her card, and the roof gets done by June [Final Hook: Mafioso-rap male MC, cold, sung tag on the last line] Nobody leaves until I call it Sit back down and keep your card in your pocket I see the room, I see the door, I got it Nobody leaves until I call it [End]
