Julius Caesar in Modern Culture…
Pearls before Swine
The Cosby Show…
Theo:
I say, friends!
Cockroach:
Uh, let me hold your ear.
Theo:
And Romans!
Cockroach:
Uh, let me hold your ears.
Theo:
I say, countrymen!
Cockroach:
Uh, let me hold your ears.
Theo:
Now, I’m Marcus Antonius, but they call me Mark
I didn’t come to bite, you see, I came to bark.
About the holes that the brothers put in Julius
C—
As far as I’m concerned, it was cool with
me
You see, Brutus and the boys must have know
what they were doin’;
Caesar was about to run Rome to ruin.
’Cause Brutus is cool . . . [Breakdown.]
Cockroach:
All Caesar did was to Romanize the world
And put some bronze in the palm of every boy and
girl
But the man’s so chill that when they handed him
the crown,
Caesar said . . .
Theo:
“No, Baby.”
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Cockroach:
. . . and turned the crown down.
But Brutus, he said, he said he’s into greed,
Which is how he justified the Ides of March deed.
But Brutus is cool . . . [Breakdown.]
Theo:
I say, Chill, homeboy, my heart’s with Dr. J.
Cockroach:
So let’s get busy ’til he comes this way.
Theo:
Doctor was taken to the bridge!
[Said bridge occurs.]
Theo:
Now the last little Caesar scene before homeboy
blew
Cockroach:
Was to drop some old gold on each one of you
Theo:
J.C. was your father.
Cockroach:
J.C. was your brother.
Theo:
And what I want to know . . .
Cockroach:
When comes such another?
Both:
Great Caesar’s ghost! Great Caesar’s ghost!
Cockroach:
He’s chilling most . . .
Theo:
From coast to coast!
Both:
Great Caesar’s ghost! Great Caesar’s ghost!
He’s chilling most from coast to coast!
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