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Hotshot feat. Chrissi Hartigan

from Tactics by Alma Cook

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lyrics

This is not what it looks like, Your Honor.
I might've been unkind,
But I'm not a crook—everything is by the Book
When I'm present in mind.

He got the better of my sanity when
He put the pressure on my vanity.
Coming at me overbearing, he daringly
Summoned up the nerve to look at me & say,

"Oh, girl—don't tell me the issue.
Lord knows it's a cold world, but nobody asked you.
Now, if you just sit tight, I'll put your head on right;
You're gonna see the light..."

CHORUS:
He thinks he's a hotshot, & it got in my way
I wasn't really trying to fight today,
But if I don't run my mouth, it looks like I got nothing to say.
So can I get a little, get a little more grace?
I'm making trouble & I'm struggling to save face.
And then my cover blows & colors show,
I know how the story goes:
You'll put me back in my place.

Am I really at fault now, Your Honor?
Since when is caring a crime?
It was impolite, but it would've come out right
If I'd taken my time.

See, it grates me, irritates me
To see somebody thinking he can deflate me.
I can't track my place in his lack of case &
I don't know if I can keep a straight face.

He say, "Oh, girl, you're walking a fine line.
You might've heard: it's a cold world, so I gotta get mine.
But if you take my hand, I'll be the better man
And help you understand."

CHORUS

He really thinks he's a…and it got in my way [x4]

CHORUS 2:
I really think I'm a hotshot, & it got in my way
I wasn't really trying to fight today,
But if I don't run my mouth, it looks like I got nothing to say.
Oh, can I get a little, little more grace?
'Cause I'm making trouble & I gotta save face,
Oh, & the cover blows & colors show; I know how the story goes:
You'll put me back in my place.

credits

from Tactics, released October 17, 2014
arr. Alma Cook & Chris Thigpen
horns arr. Alma Cook

e. guitar: Jeff Swanson
organ: Cornell Thigpen
bass: Chris Thigpen
drums: Sam Jewell
trumpet: Bobby Cooper
a. sax: Jack WIllson

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