Artist:  Bass P
Album:  Unreleased
Song:  "A Good Man"

Verse 1:
A good man is hard to find
True or False--c'mon make up your mind
According to Flannery O'Conner it's true
Literary devices give me this clue
Description, suspense. as well as narration
Foreshadowin' and argumentation
The story contains a family of four,
A gang of misfits, and a whole lot more
It begins with a family squabble, you see
Over where to vacation: Florida or Tennessee
Grandma wants Tennessee to visit kin
She doesn't know it, but she soon starts foreshadowin'
The kids want Florida, but they are scared
Cuz Grandma says the Misfit's headin' there
Nevertheless, ignorin' Grandma's warning
The family leaves for Florida the very next morning
At every stop along the way
Grandma turns paranoid and she would say,
"Did you read about the criminal that's escaped?
I wouldn't be surprised if he attacks this place
Oh no, don't look, here he comes now"
And then, he would loudly shout,

Chorus:
"Throw your hands in the air
Freeze ... Pull this trigga, sucka
Throw your hands in the air
Give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up
Throw your hands in the air
Freeze ... Pull this trigga, sucka
Throw your hands in the air
Give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up

Verse 2:
Now all through the story, O'Conner's tryin' to make
The point that most men are all too fake
Good men are hard to find--they are rare
She's using argumentation here
Now back to the story, the situation
The family's gotta do some decision makin'
Grandma says that there's this interesting house
Only to be found on a different route
They can continue on going straight
Or they can make the turn--a big mistake
They make the turn, cuz the kids wanna see
The house that she told about mistakenly
The house, she recalled, was in a different state
But they couldn't turn around, cuz it was too late
One of Grandma's cats just then got free
And sprung onto the head of the driver, Bailey
The car spun out, and then it crashed
No one was hurt, but they were stranded nonetheless
Up pulled a big, black, hearse-like car
Out jumped the Misfit with the order,

Chorus

Verse 3:
The predicament that the family was in
Was all implied before through foreshadowin'
Onto suspense, the next device
The family's held at gunpoint--not too nice
The crazy Misfit soon requests
Three members of the family need to be dismissed
So the Misfit's gang take three to the woods
They get shot full of lead like boyz in the hood
Now Grandma is the only one left
She converses with the Misfit and becomes a pest
God will help you. if you pray
You are a good man, believe what I say
"Why are you the Misfit?" she asks so long
"Cuz I can't fit my punishment with what I done wrong"
Grandma keeps stallin' for precious time
So she wouldn't be the scene of an awful crime
The Misfit finally realizes her scheme
So he decides it's time to end this thing
Three pistol shots through the chest
Then she fell--let's have a moment of silence

Verse 4:
Personal interpretation is last
Of the story that I so defly rapped
The story was great, I enjoyed it a lot
O'Conner's writing style is so sizzlin' hot
She uses just the right literary devices
And doesn't dwell on them, she expresses conciseness
Which is essential in keepin' it movin'
I hate slow stories that are so out of tune and ...
I like the surprise at the end
No "Happily ever after" this time, my friend 
Stories like that are all too fake
But O'Conner's realistic in the point she makes
So, if you haven't read the story, I suggest
That you get yourself a copy, cuz this story's the best
And now that I'm finished, the Bass P will cease
But one last thing ....  "Peace"

Chorus

Copyright 1992 Peter A. Roselli