Cousin Zephaniah (Parody of ”Cuts Like a Knife”)

Jan. 27, 20141 viewer

Cousin Zephaniah (Parody of ”Cuts Like a Knife”) Lyrics

I've been doin’ some readin'
A book I'm sure we haven’t all searched out
Habakkuk's book precedes it
Haggai's come after -- what a crowd -- yeah
Well, I heard his prophecies
I heard they might have crowned someone he knew -- yeah
Well, who is he, baby?
Who is he? I'll tell you what you need to do - ooh yeah
Look at all the prophets and find the guy we know
Could be descended from the throne

Well, he's called Zephaniah
Of the Israelites
Yeah, he's not Zechariah
But he's real close by

The times he lived were changin'
Josiah was a king who’d done some good - ooh yeah
But paganism started
Inchin’ in with sin as best it could - ooh, it could
It wouldn't be the first the time a king had gone astray
But he threw them gods away

Probably ’cause Zephaniah
Yeah, got to King Josiah
Oh, and also Jeremiah
Yeah, probably both guys
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Oh, the prophet Zephaniah
Got to King Josiah, baby
Oh, the prophet Zephaniah
Yeah

[Guitar Solo]

He's the great, great grandson
Of Hezekiah, you know
A good king long ago

So he's cousin Zephaniah
Yeah, to the king, Josiah
So he's cousin Zephaniah
Yeah, to the king, Josiah

Yeah!
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Oh, he’s cousin Zephaniah
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Oh, my, my
Of the Israelites, baby
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Ohhhhhh, yeah
He's cousin Zephaniah
Just him and Jeremiah
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Yeah, yeah
C'mon, boys -- ohhh!
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Zephaniah -- yeahhhhh -- yeah, yeah
Na na na - na na na na na NA NA
Yeow, now it's cousin Zephaniah now
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Of the Israelites - yeah, yeah
Israelites, baby
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Now, now, yeah
King Josiah and his cousin Zephaniah
Na na na - na na na na na na na
Yeah, yeah

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This is one of the first songs that ApologetiX has been releasing nearly bi-weekly since the beginning of 2014. “Singles Group,” which this track was featured on, was the first collection of those songs. This song was later featured on “Minor League,” which featured songs based upon all the books in the Minor Prophets section in the Old Testament.

Zephaniah wrote one of the least-quoted books of the Bible (aside from verse 3:17). So, who was he, anyway? More than just the guy between Habakkuk and Haggai. There's pretty strong evidence that Zephaniah was the great, great grandson of King Hezekiah, which would also make him a distant cousin of Josiah, the king who ruled while he was prophesying. In fact, many scholars believe that Zephaniah and his fellow prophet Jeremiah may have been at least partially responsible for the reforms Josiah implemented.