Woodlawn Cemetery

Album cover art for "Woodlawn Cemetery" by Jasmine Cephas Jones

Jasmine Cephas Jones - Rap, Concept Album

Woodlawn Cemetery

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[SWAN, spoken] Everybody down [COWGIRL, spoken] Oh shit [COCHISE, spoken] You alright? [COWGIRL, spoken] Yeah [FOX, spoken] Ow! [SWAN, spoken] Everybody quiet Look around, make sure we're okay [REMBRANDT, spoken] This is a graveyard [SWAN, spoken] Everybody make it? Cochise, Cowgirl, Fox, Swan Ajax, Rembrandt— [AJAX, spoken] Not Cleon She's gone [FOX, spoken] Riffs got her [COCHISE] We gotta go back and find her [COWGIRL] With the cops on every corner? [SWAN, spoken] No [SWAN] Cleon's the best of us She shoulda made it out [COCHISE] She believed— [SWAN] She believed— [COCHISE] —In Cyrus [REMBRANDT] It is way too soon to mourn her— [SWAN] She should be by our side [AJAX] Pshh, knowing her she prob'ly triеd [AJAX & SWAN] To make things right [FOX] Can't count how many times she savеd my hide [REMBRANDT] Is the truce still on? [AJAX] And it must be fifty miles to get back [COWGIRL, spoken] Shit! [REMBRANDT] What are we gon' do? [COCHISE] Do we fight? [REMBRANDT] What are we gon' do? [COCHISE & COWGIRL] Against the tide— [REMBRANDT & FOX] What are we gon' do? [COCHISE & AJAX] Of the armies of the night? [SWAN] We get back home alive When the night goes sideways, get back home alive If the night divides us Meet back up in Union Square We'll regroup and we'll prepare To get back home alive [AJAX] And who decided to make you war chief? [COWGIRL, spoken] Ajax… [REMBRANDT, spoken] C'mon, Ajax [AJAX] No, I wanna know! Who gave you the right? [COCHISE] Swan is Cleon's number two [AJAX] Well, good for Swan, but Cleon prob'ly died tonight [COWGIRL & FOX] Don't say that! [SWAN] So make your move [AJAX] And I intend to survive tonight [SWAN] So make your move or fall in line [COWGIRL, spoken] C'mon, Ajax [COCHISE, spoken] We gotta stick together [FOX, spoken] We lost Cleon, we can't lose you too [AJAX, spoken] Fine [SWAN] I'll get us home [SWAN & REMBRANDT] Alive [SWAN] We can find a subway station Gets us home [SWAN & REMBRANDT & FOX] Alive [SWAN] And we know our destination— Rembrandt, just before we go Make our mark and let 'em know That we were here tonight [SWAN & COCHISE] And we'll live to see tomorrow If we just survive the night [FOX & REMBRANDT] What are we gon' do? [SWAN & COCHISE] Get back home alive [COWGIRL & FOX] C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon [They head out of the cemetery. REMBRANDT stays behind a moment to spray a W on a tombstone, then follows.]

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Credits

Writers
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Eisa Davis