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lirik lagu quintessential arts© - fall of the commission

[skit 1]
he found himself in legal trouble on multiple occasions
including a murder charge and was forced to live in different cities
throughout italy to escape prosecution
regardless of where it was started
the painting ended up on the oratory of saint lorenz’ in palermo, sicily
it is highly likely that this work was commissioned
by the conventional franciscans who ran this oratory
because it features the two saints most important to the group

[verse 1]
in the early 1950’s an assault on the mafia was launched
by a us senator hailing from tennessee
an investigation into organised crime was launched
and hearings were televised publicly
this was the first time any organisation of the federal government
acknowledged the existence of the american mafia

[skit 2]
uhm, i don’t think we’re going to need that now
but when did you become a member of this organisation?
nineteen thirty
nineteen hundred and thirty

[verse 2]
owing to lack of evidence
the fbi and other agencies such as congress
couldn’t proceed with a considerable course of action
however, in 1957, police in the small town of
apalachin, upstate new york raided a gathering
with somewhat sixty members of the mob from all over the country
[skit 3]
what is the name of it?
it is cosa nostra in italian
cosa nostra in italian
our uh, our thing and our family in english
our thing and our family in english
we’ll come back to that later
but that is an organisation is it? (yes)
that requires absolute obedience

[verse 3]
in the 1960’s robert kennedy rose to the occasion
of stepping up government efforts to fight the mafia and corruption
in labour unions
one of the people to fall prey to kennedy’s list
of top targets was jimmy hoffa
furthermore, kennedy was on the heels of fbi director j. edgar hoover
who moved at the pace of a snail in pursuing the mafia
until the efforts were intensified through the electronic spying program
which gave the feds an abundance of information
to make things worse, the first to break omertà was valachi
who agreed to provide a televised testimony on tv to the us senate
on mob activity, its inner workings, structure and customs

[verse 4]
the war on the mob bore fruit when the rico act was passed
taking down criminals on a broad front
by stripping them away of their legitimate and illegitimate gains
in one enormous prosecution
[skit 4]
it destroyed them
there are just many reasons that add up to the fact
you don’t think that such an organisation should be permitted to operate
that’s a fact
is that correct?
that’s correct
as the senator put it before, what did i get out of it?
what’d you get out of it?
nothing but pure misery
as you all understand once you’re in
you’re in
you can’t get out

[verse 5]
faced with long prosecutions
some members and associates of the mob gave testimonies
in exchange for a place in the witness protection program
at the turn of the 21st century
places such as chicago and new york
that were the capitals of mob activity had that spark fizzled out
whereas in other cities these clans faced imminent extinction

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