A parody of one of Queen's shortest yet most delightful songs. I'll leave you to interpret what the lyrics are about. 

Featuring one line of backing vocals from Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.

Written and performed by Ben Halford and the other three Ben Halfords.

Original song "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" by Queen (1975).

Backing track sourced from PiotreQRMX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-LaHV4894A)

Picture sourced from Andrew Helme and used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License:(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en)
Changes made: Text

Hosting on a Sunday Afternoon (Queen Parody)

Written and performed by Cozmo Jethro.
Featuring Elle Roach on chorus vocals, intro and outro adlibs and background vocals. https://soundcloud.com/elleroach4
Featuring Mark Workhoven on outro news cast.
Cuts, mix and master by DJ Real. https://soundcloud.com/the-dj-real
Produced by DKODA, remixed by DJ Real. https://soundcloud.com/createdbydkoda

Lyrics:

Yo Elle, That was some crazy weather, I don't know what's goin on here.

Me neither, I though I saw some lights flashing in the sky.

Man, what was that?

Whew! The smoke the lights, all different colors. What's happening? 

Man I don't know but I'm a little scared. 

Same, but for some reason, I feel like dancin.

I woke up in the morning
what did I see?
Walked to the street
and I heard the J.B.s

This dude in a jump suit
Struttin by me.
In his platform boots
Are we in the 70s?

I look around and I can’t believe it.
An AMC Pacer, and a Chevy Vega,
A Ford Pinto, and old Chevrolet.
Bumpin Queen as they roll down the street.

Kids roll by me on their BMX bikes.
Banana seats and a couple of trikes.
All of them in those high tube socks.
No helmets, doin tricks off the sidewalk.

A group of teenagers up on it.
With their feathered hair like Farrah Fawcett.
And the black folks with their giant afros.
Yo the bros know how to roll.

If I’m in the 70s.
I need to know.
If I go to the skating rink
Will it be roller disco?

And if it is
Then I know that I’m in the 70s.

Disco night in the 70s.
Funkadelic and Chic.
Love in the air jammin to the beat.
O man it feels so sweet.

That night I’m walkin down the street.
Oh man, so sweet.
There it is the disco rink.
Costs a buck to get in I think. 

Whoa, I really am in the 70s.
A groovy funky skating party.
The DJ has a giant afro.
Yo spinnin the old school disco.

Lace up my skates time to boogie down.
Roller disco in a 70s town.

The girls skatin around in their hot pants 
And aviator glasses. 
Disco balls everywhere.
Nothin but love in the air.

Getting on the rink, time to get my groove on.
The DJ spinnin the tunes on Vinyl
While everyone’s goin wild.

Kool and the Gang
Earth Wind and Fire.
I can smell the love in the air.
this 70's groovy atmosphere. 

Disco night in the 70s.
Funkadelic and Chic.
Love in the air jammin to the beat.
O man it feels so sweet.

Yo Elle, that was a crazy day in the 70s.

Right? Wild!

That rink was helladope though.

So psychadelic. I'm not sure how we got here but I'm thinkin I wanna stay.

Yea, I feel that.  I'm might just wanna stay too.

In local news, the Portland Metro area seems to be engulfed by a sense of love in the air.  Neighbors helping neighbors and friends and family all living harmoniously. On the sunset highway and countless side streets and back roads, there have been numerous reports of motorists dancing in the their cars to the beat of the music. And speaking of love in the air, don't forget to pick up a copy of Elle and Cozmo Jethro's new record produced by Villatic and DKODA with DJ Real on the wheels of steel on the b side. This is Mark Workhoven reporting for KEX.

Are We In The 70s? (cuts. DJ Real) (Produced by DKODA)

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Armijo Productions.

Lyrics:

You got Cozmo Jethro on the mic and Drew Armijo on the beat comin at ya with a little old school new school fusion.

Now the old school is all I know.
But I’m gonna bust this quick flow with my bro Armijo.
He’s got the beats and the audio.
As I go blow by blow in my studio, uh oh.

Old school rap is what I love to sing.
It’s where I come from back in the 80s.
New school rap, they flow so freely.
Sometimes it seems so strange to me. 

How they bust those rhymes so quickly.
Like a rhyming spree, weee heee heeee.
Eminem and them and Busta Rhymes
Flow 100 mph at times.

They rhyme so fast
Read between the lines.
At times sublime.
Like New Years Eve sippin on wine.

With your favorite girl, so fine.
Both yall getting ready for bedtime.
Hop in the sack and it’s time to shine.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Now how do I allow
Myself to try something new.
Is it outta my wheel house?
Am I screwing up this beat by Drew?

I admit, it’s weird for me to flow so fast.
Tryin a new part of the craft.
As I break outta the past.
At last I tried part of the craft
That was so hard and fast.
Don’t care if it’s trash, I’m just havin a blast.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old School New School (beat. Armijo Productions)

Mystica

Written and Performed by Cozmo Jethro and Crissy.
Beat by Villatic. https://soundcloud.com/villatic Remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Additional outro vox performed by our kids, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Adam Putnam, Tristan Paris, Merey Reed and Korey Reed.
Mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Album art pic of Crissy at her graduation ceremony, May 2025. 

Lyrics:
(Cozmo Jethro)
I wrote this song about a girl I know.
She overcame so much, yo here we go.

Growing up  in the 70s and 80s.
Had a tough time growin up in Spokane.
An absent father and an alcoholic mother.
Yea, she knew what it was to persevere.

She was married at age 17.
Two kids later, divorced at 19.
Had her third kid at age 21.
In another relationship with a struggling one.

This went on for 8 years.
Till she saw some fears,
He just couldn’t lay off the beers.

Now a single mom with 3 kids.
What an amazing job she did.

With street smarts and little education.
She started college, 30 years of dedication.
She still had to work and provide for the kids.
College start and stop, had to take care of her biz. 

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
As time went by she climbed the corporate ladder.
While raisin those kids, that girls a scrapper.
Then came kid number four with her life partner.
Another great kid for her to mentor.

All this time starting and stopping college.
Trying to get it done but it wasn’t happening.

She landed a job she had no business getting.
Only pharma rep in the country, no degree.
With positive attitude, gutsy, and scrappy.
She pulls off those amazing things.

All while working her tail off. Yea.
To provide for her family.

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Now she’s makin it big.
In the pharma gig.
Time to try for that degree again.
Finally.

George Fox University.
Full time pharma rep 
full time accelerated degree.

Somehow for two years she pulled it off.
Just graduated Magna Cum Laude.
2025, with a double degree.
That’s my girl, that’s my Crissy.
My scrappy, gutsy, smart beautiful wife.
Makin everything better for all our lives.
Took her 30 years to get that degree.
So proud of my wife, let’s celebrate, yipppeeee.
Whooooo Crissy, you did it girl! You got that degree, 30 years of perseverence. yaaa haaaa!
(Crissy)
Yea, by the grace of god, tenacity and manifestation, we made it happen.
(Lydia) Go Mom!
(Adam) Good job Mom!
(Tristan) Great work Mom!
(Merey and Korey) You did it Mom!

The Graduate (beat. Villatic)

Written, performed, mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro and Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc
Beat by Villatic https://soundcloud.com/villatic

(Nasty Tha Mc)
It's about that time. 

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha ha yea.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
Ha ha ha ha!
Let's go!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Me and Nasty back together again.
After a couple of years.
Rockin the mic
Like a couple of kids.

We’re getting older
And our bodies are changin.
But we’re still rockin the rhymes.
And doin our thing.

Shit, I can’t see the waveform on this track.
Yo Nasty, where my readers at?
I got pains in my ankle, my knee, and my butt.
But I’m still here yea rockin the cut.

Just 2 old school b boys
Who can’t get enough
Of that old school hip hop
Everybody says, what?

Now that I’m older
I’ve passed the test.
Livin life to the fullest
Mostly do what I want, yep.

I ride down the road
With my 12 inch subs
Bumpin that old school hip hop
Feelin the love.

Yea I got problems like everybody else.
But I roll with the punches
Boom bap yea!

Got lots to look forward to
And everybody knows
That at this age,
Gotta prove nothin to nobody yo.

So we’ll keep rockin the mic
And doin our thing,
Old school rap is what we bring. 

(Nasty Tha Mc)
We aint quittin, we aint stoppin.
Guess what we only gettin started.
We aint quittin, we aint stoppin.
Guess what we only gettin started.

Yo Cozmo, I'm bout to act up. (act up)
I'm bout to do what it do. Yea in the cut. (in the cut).
Like summer summertime. 
Yea, you already know. Yea alright.

Couple livin legends, just doin what it do.
In our stance, oh yea, that's true.
Some fly kicks on our feet. LIke that (like that.)
Adidas laced up like that (like that.)

Ready to go, yea prepare for more.
Yi, with a mind, that be a weapon.
Keep on steppin. On the track, (uh huh)
More Daddy than a Big Mac.

Check it out yea,
Somethin bumpin in the Cadillac.
Check it out, what it be yea.

This that smooth vibe.
This that cool vibe.
This that summer vibe.
Oh my. (oh my)

We aint quittin we aint stoppin.
Guess what, we only gettin started.
We aint quittin we aint stoppin.
Guess what, we only gettin started.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha, yea that's right.
We rockin rhymes like a meteroite.
Nasty with the vibe like Dolomite.
I'm flyin through the night, yea ready to ignite.

So to all of you, who listen to us.
We just havin fun with these cuts aw yea.
We keep doin it and doin it right.
Take you back to the old school, huh that's right. (that's right.)

(Roland VT-3 voice)
That old school summer vibe.
Cozmo and Nasty gettin live.
From the old school, stay fly.
That fresh hip hop 2025.

That Summer Vibe (beat. Villatic)

Freestyled, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc and Cozmo Jethro.
Scratching by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by DJ Ibewitwisdom. 

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Yo, yo Cozmo, this, this movie crazy.
Yo, what the fuck is this?
Turn this shit off!

Hey huh, let them know now.
Yo Cozmo, let let them know now.
I will.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Listen up yall.
Might ruffle some feathers with this one here.
Might loose some followers but I don’t care.
That Ai music shit is everywhere.
If you use it please notate it when you share.

My introduction to it was a rude awakening.
Don’t get me wrong, yo, I’m not hatin.
I wish no ill will on anyone here. 
Ai artist tricked me to recording with her.

Naïve to AI music proliferation.
Found a female emcee who was fascinating.
Thought she could rap and sing and create the beat.
She was passin Ai music off as her own shiiittt.

So I collabed with her, thought we created something dope.
I loved the track, was like damn, that’s phat.
My friend heard it and showed me the ways.
He was like, yo, that girl’s usin Ai all day.

He took our lyrics and the ones that I wrote,
Plugged em into Suno, what came out? You know.
A different track with her voice to a Tee.
Realized I’d been scammed by Ai artistry.
I’ve used a little myself to create celebrity voices.
Snoop, Eminem, Bart, and Homer.

I notated that in the liner notes.
I keep it completely honest, yo.
So if you’re using Ai lyrics, please notate.
You’re not foolin anyone anymore, don’t be fake.

Me and Nasty go hard, always keepin it real.
Always, yea, the real deal.

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.
(Fuck that Ai.)
If you don’t know, now you know. (yup yup)
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.
(Take it Nasty)

(Nasty Tha Mc)
I’m just that brother with that kung fu grip.
Hold the mic, no doubt and never let it slip.
Wi what, wack emcees, o my to shreds, 
oh yea while I emcee.

Proper, to the beat oh yea.
Like nobody in business oh yea.
I’m just that man like macho, oh yea.
I’m doin my thing, I’m a savage oh yea.

Don’t hate on a bro
Yea, cause I’m doin what it do ayo (ayo)
Magnificent what I is.
And if you don’t know now you know you stupid bitch (oh shit).

(Nasty Tha Mc)
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Nasty, like no one in the biz.
And me, huh huh, just doin what it is.
Keep it real yall, lay off the Ai.
If ya gotta use it, notate it ayyyy.

Keep It Real (feat. Nasty Tha Mc)

Freestyled and written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc and Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Jorun Bombay

(Cozmo Jethro and Nasty That Mc)
Oh yea.
Yii yii.
Yoooo, let’s go.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
A little something what I’m gonna do.
Just wreck shop.
With my homie, you get me straight up.
Do what I do, around the what. (yup yup)

Paint it like that around the clock.
What I mean, why you on our jock?
Cause yea, man, you lovin our style.
Dope what it be, yea buck wild.

For the night what we gettin right now.
In the booth, yo Cozmo, shit.
I’m sorry, I’m bout to get loud. (that’s cool).
Wreck a little somethin, wreck a little havoc.

Oh shit, get what I’m sayin, bout to have it.
These motha uckers, be damn suckers,
Get what I’m sayin, punk motha fuckers. (uh)
What they do, jump up. And then o later on.
They get beat down (beat down).

You hear me now? Let go.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Damn, this beat is fresh.
Don’t know what to do with myself.
Nasty bringin those phat beats.
Hookin me up as I improve my shit.

Nasty, you rappin bout havoc.
Been doin it since you was 5, shiiiitt.
Little bitty Nasty, O lord,
Rappin to Kenny Rogers records.

Shit man, you been everywhere.
With Freak Mobb, your old rap crew.
And battle rappin, destroyin them dudes.
Yea Nasty, he’s the real deal.
Can do it all, absolutely unreal.

Been on a rampage since day 1.
Runs the rap game, and keeps it fun.
Me and him goin one on one. Ha ha.
Like Larry Bird, and Michael Jordon. 

(Rampage scratch)

Damn, Bluntzilla with the scratch.
That shit is unreal and figgidy phat.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
Cozmo and Nasty.
Ha ha ha ha.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha ha ha yea.

You Hear Me Now? (feat. Nasty Tha Mc)

Freestyled, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc and Cozmo Jethro
Beat by ChuckieTheProducer

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Yo Cozmo.
Whut up Nasty?
Yi yi, ha ha.
We some superstars you know?
Well maybe.
Well at least in our Momma’s eyes.
Yea, I don’t know bout that.  
Damn.
My Mom’s pretty old. 
And you know. She’s not really gettin what we’re doin.
She’s just not feelin it.
Sorry to hear that.
But that’s ok, I don’t really mind.
Sorry to hear that.
Let’s go! (Let’s go)

Rockin with our tongue out.
Like Jordan, cause we some superstars.
(Rock out rock out)
Rockin with our tongue out.
Like Jordan, cause we some superstars.
(Rock out rock out).

(Cozmo Jethro)
Yea, it’d be nice to be a superstar.
Happy on SoundCloud goin bar for bar.
With my homey, Nasty, ghetto all start.
We got no bosses, yea, we do what we want.

We haunt and flaunt, record with heart.
Release tracks, yes, whenever we want.
Life is good, creative debutante.
Answer to nobody, cept me and Nasty.

Nasty’s like Jordan, the talent is there.
I’m like Larry Bird diving through the air.
Getting that loose ball, dishin to Nasty
So he can jam it through the hoop ha ha ha, boom!

Now we rappin bout rockin AC DC.
Everyone jumped to Bon Jovi. Yea.
Guns and Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica
Friends just passed, the great Ozzy.

That’s a little rock shout out from the 80s.
I preferred rap, personally.
It’s good to try new styles and try new stuff.
Take It back to the chorus with me and Nasty.

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Rockin with our tongue out.
Like Jordan, cause we some superstars.
(Rock out rock out)
Rockin with our tongue out.
Like Jordan, cause we some superstars.
(Rock out rock out.)

(Nasty Tha Mc)
Yo Jethro, let me just barrow your car.
The one that flies, give you uh huh.
I need to take a trip into the moon.
And meet up with this chic whut I been datin.

For o my for a couple a years.
Yea, you get what I’m sayin, shh o yea.
I can’t lie, I’m just gonna rock out.
With somethin damn out. But not my outfit.

Get it? Just be tongue like that.
Feel like Gene, oh yea ya see.
What I be, all up in them scenes.
Girl be lovin it, I’m all up in her dreams.

Whoa, slow what your roll.
Into something like that, you hear me whoa.
Like the same mount a ish. 
Take you yea, for a voyage

That may be fantastic or not.
You hear what I’m sayin, straight up.
I’m just rockin a little bit.
I might be Twisted like a Sister up in this bitch.

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Rockin with our tongue out.
Like Jordan, cause we some superstars.
(Rock out rock out)
Rockin with our tongue out.
Like Jordan, cause we some superstars.
(Rock out rock out.)

Ha ha ha, yea we rockin out. Listen to our crowd. Ha Ha Ha.
O man, I wish I wish I wish, man, yea.

Are We Superstars? (feat. Nasty Tha Mc)

Written and performed by (in order of appearance) Jed Lapp, Jennifer Hill, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Ralph Matamoros, Amber Lapp, Adam Putnam, Amy Henry, Elle Roach, Forbes Lapp, Carol Lapp, Tristan Paris, DJ Real.

Chorus sung by Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Jed Lapp, Elle Roach, Tristan Paris. 

Produced, mixed and masterd by Jed Lapp using Casio XW-P1 keyboard. Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX turntables. Akai XR20 Drum Machine. Korg Electribe Sampler and a shaker. 

Album art picture of Christina Matamoros-Lapp taken by Jed Lapp, February 2025.

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