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Wallace Maynard Cox (December 6, 1924 – February 15, 1973) was an American comedian and actor, particularly associated with the early years of television in the United States. He appeared in the U.S. television series Mr. Peepers (1952–1955), plus several other popular shows, and as a character actor in over 20 films. Wally Cox was the voice of the popular animated cartoon character Underdog. Although often cast as a meek milquetoast, he was actually strong and athletic. He married three times and was a close friend of Marlon Brando.
Cox was born in Detroit, Michigan. When he was 10, he moved with his divorced mother, mystery author Eleanor Atkinson, and a younger sister to Evanston, Illinois, where he became close friends with a neighborhood child, Marlon Brando. Cox's family moved frequently, eventually to Chicago, Illinois, then New York City, then back to Detroit, where he graduated from Denby High School.
During World War II Cox and his family returned to New York City, where he attended City College of New York. He next spent four months in the Army, and on his discharge attended New York University. He supported his invalid mother and sister by making and selling jewelry in a small shop and at parties, where he started doing comedy monologues. These would lead to regular performances at nightclubs, such as the Village Vanguard, beginning in December 1948. He became the roommate of Marlon Brando, who encouraged him to study acting with Stella Adler. Cox and Brando remained close friends for the rest of Cox's life, and Brando appeared unannounced at Cox's wake. Brando is also reported to have kept Cox's ashes in his bedroom and conversed with them nightly.
Karen Valentine (born May 25, 1947, Sebastopol, California) is an American actress best known for her role as the idealistic schoolteacher "Alice Johnson" in the television series Room 222.
Valentine grew up in Northern California and won a spot representing California at the Miss Teenage America pageant where she was awarded the Talent Award. Valentine was Miss Sonoma County and Top 10 at Miss California, state finals to Miss America. When Ed Sullivan saw her act (where she would comically dance in a flamboyant costume while lip-syncing to Eydie Gormé's "Blame it on the Bossa Nova"), he was quoted as saying, "I want that girl on my show."[citation needed]
In 1969, Valentine won her breakthrough role as a new teacher on the ABC television series Room 222, with Lloyd Haynes and Michael Constantine. She was discovered by Gene Reynolds, the director of Room 222, who saw her lip syncing in rehearsal and saw that she was funny. She was nominated twice for an Emmy and once for a Golden Globe, winning an Emmy in 1970 for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role.
Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
[Hook]
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
They say charge em 22 for the hootch
I can't go and if you know who you fuckin with man
Just say so, I'm on the roll, on a hunt for the loot
And they know it for sure, I'm straight forward
If he don't I pay for it, like
Damn we can have a ball, on that weed and alcohol
Bands on bands, hustle man till we got em all
My phone be doing r2c
When you look in the mirror who do you see?
I see a reall nigga, I'm logged in
Drop top's drivin, I high man count down to the lockin
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I'm pullin up like 7 deep and man that's just pitched
I'm making light work and niggas like electrice
The best flippin, them pat pigeons
So just listen, on rap simmons make em kiss my ass
I roll swishers that you just can't match, like that
[Hook]
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin, coolin, coolin, coolin with the coolest
I'm coolin, coolin, coolin, coolin with the coolest
I'm coolin, coolin, coolin, coolin with the coolest
Yo, I've been cool, even all the shit I've been through
It's cool, bout to blow up now like a lid fuse
I keep the shades on like a day time drive
And take it to the max like bayside by
Where you get them kicks man I get em for the loaf
You get em for the stack, I could get em by the boat
I could get em cheap but I gotta make a quote
Cause at the end of the day, it's all about the dough man
Coolin with the coolest, I tell you how to do this
I'm not certified neuces, but I gotta be the truest
Get a lot of boosters, dodging clark county neuces
You tell me I'ma prove it, I'm a teacher, you a student, man
I'm renegade cool, like mmg cool, like lemonade cool
On a summer day cool, like 10 cell cool, up in training day cool
You ain't ready for this cool, man!
[Hook] x 2
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin with the coolest, I'm, I'm
I'm coolin, coolin, coolin, coolin with the coolest
I'm coolin, coolin, coolin, coolin with the coolest