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I got a meeting at three, I’ve gotta bring coke to the GOP I was styling for the Lord (styling for the Lord)
They call me Kokomo, Kokomo Kidd (repeat many times) Styling for the Lord (styling for the Lord)
God knows, I was dressed − to impress
I’ll conclude with one of my originals, mainly because it Styling and profiling for the Lord
has all the elements I’ve discussed. It takes you straight to
the Sunday service at my church, yet the story is universal – The song goes on to describe that the deacon be a-praying,
especially for women who have worn “3 hour shoes.” It has a the preacher be a-preaching, the ushers be collecting, the
moral to the story and is funny through to the final lines, where choir be a-singing… The service is soooo long that when it
the choir’s soprano, who sings louder than anyone else, holds ends, she cannot sashay out because, due to her vanity, it
a high note with the typical church choir vibrato: “my soles seems the devil is wearing those 3 hour shoes.
needed saving, my soul did, too/ can’t get to heaven in those Amen and… Amen, again!
3 hour shoes.”

The opening verse: Songwriting award winner, Gaye Adegbalola, has been
a professional solo blues artist for decades. She was also a
Ready for worship in my Sunday best founding member of Saffire − The Uppity Blues Women
I fit so fine in my leopard print dress (1984−2009). In 2022, she released Freedom Song Trilogy
God knows I’ll receive the gospel news − Vol 1; and in 2023, Freedom Song Trilogy, Vol 2. Her
In my feathered church hat anthology album, SATISFIED, is to be released by VizzTone in
And my 3 hour shoes late spring of 2023. www.adegbalola.com
Well, I sashayed in, strutted up the aisle
Looking side to side with a great big smile All artwork by Dawn Tarr Art. For more, visit:
Scanned the church to see who I could see DawnTarrArt.com, Facebook.com/DawnTarr,
But everybody’s eyes were fixed on me Instagram.com/TarrDawn, Etsy.com/shop/DawnTarr

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