Romeo Had JulietteCifra de Teclado

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Caught between the twisted stars, the plotted lines, the faulty map 
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That brought Columbus to New York 
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Betwixt between the East and West, he calls on her wearing a leather vest 
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The earth squeals and shudders to a halt 
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A diamond crucifix in his ear is used to help ward off the fear 
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That he has left his soul in someone's rented car 
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Inside his pants he hides a mop to clean the mess that he has dropped 
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Into the life of lithesome Juliette Belle 

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And Romeo wanted Juliette and Juliette wanted Romeo 
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And Romeo wanted Juliette and Juliette wanted Romeo 

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Romeo Rodriguez squares his shoulders and curses Jesus 
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Runs a comb through his black pony-tail 
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He's thinking of his lonely room, the sink by his bed gives off a stink 
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Then smells her perfume in his eyes and her voice was like a bell 



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Outside the streets were steaming the crack dealers were dreaming 
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Of an Uzi someone had just scored 
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'I bet you I could hit that light with my one good arm behind my back'  
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Says Little Joey Diaz 
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Brother give me another tote, those downtown hoods are no damn good 
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Those Italians need a lesson to be taught 
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This cop who died in Harlem, you'd think they'd get the warning 
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I was dancing when his brains run out on the street 

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And Romeo wanted Juliette and Juliette wanted Romeo 
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And Romeo wanted Juliette and Juliette wanted Romeo 

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I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag, with Latin written on it that says 
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'It's hard to give a shit these days' 
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Manhattan's sinking like a rock into the filthy Hudson, what a shock 
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They wrote a book about it, they said it was like ancient Rome 

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The perfume burned his eyes, holding tightly to her thighs 
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And something flickered for a minute and then it vanished and was gone