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The Greatest

from Stuck In Quarantine by J. Isaiah Smith

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What would an album of mines be without featuring a cut song from "Kings, Queens, and Unruly Peasants". However, those familiar with this song may find it quite different as I reworked the arrangement.
"The Greatest" was a song that once lived at the half way point in the egregiously long second act, when the evil queen is holding auditions for assassins to kill a certain someone (Spoilers).A particularly skilled assassin named Olivia (Played by Katie Porter) shows up for auditions, blowing all of the competition out of the room with her impossible resume!

lyrics

"Many have come to me for some assistance
rightly so, I'll do what some don't.
I have a knack for success and persistence,
some killer's may fail you, I won't.

Give me a task that I've never heard said.
I was born as a killer consider them dead.
Yes, it's sad, but it's true.
What do I need to do for you?
Give a task. Go on ask.
I'm the best killer trust me it's true.

Kill a dragon! Clip it's wings!
I have killed things thought un-killable things!
I've killed many a beast with no aid.
And I will do what it takes to get paid.
I'm the reason that lives have unfurled.
Because I'm the greatest assassin in the world.

I have made few a disturbing decision.
Like killing a man who forgot to pay me.
So here's how I work to ensure my precision,
pay now. Not later or maybe.

If our terms adjust
you'll be next and trust
I'm the greatest assassin in the world.

I killed a dragon and a spider and a poltergeist!
Was in the Guinness book of records dated before Christ!
I killed a judge and they adjourned the entire trial.
I killed time before they invented the sundial.
The greatest assassin in the world!
In the world!
In the world!"

credits

from Stuck In Quarantine, released March 6, 2021
Vocalist: Katie Porter
Music Composition, Arrangement, and track by J. Isaiah Smith
Mixed by Jay Srygley

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J. Isaiah Smith Omaha, Nebraska

J. Isaiah Smith is a Best-Selling and Internationally Produced Playwright, as well as a Songwriter and Lyricist. His works, written for Highschool-College level performers, focus on internal morality, corruption, and self empowerment, presented in varying comedic and dramatic forms with moments of sincerity and self reflection. ... more

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