Do You Feel It

do u feel it?
yes i feel it
i feel my beloved barrio, my ghetto..
do u feel it?
this is the story of where i was born..
no man's land
between 115th street and 125th
everyones today is talking about el barrio, or their ghettos,
about the hard times they had,
we had hard times, but we had good times too.
i can remember the summer,
summertime was beautiful, days were long
we didn't need any ocean breeze
to the left we had the Hudson River
to the right the East River
when we wanted to refresh ourselves,
who needed the ocean,
we had the pump
you remember the johnny pump
all we needed was it a good good screwdriver and a can
and we were refreshed..
and night the breeze was beautiful.
tar beach, that was our meeting place
and we had, we had fun galore.
when i went home
my mother was beautiful
our food was really together
rice and beans, that's our soul food
with a little cuchifritos in the side
and for a little dessert we had mavi,
the grooviest taste and trigger want to try
everything was beautiful to me
margeritto, my beautiful barrio, my ghetto..
do u feel it?
yes i feel it but i feel it in another way..
i feel the pressure that keeps us down..
do u feel it?
yes i feel it, i feel it baby but i feel it in another way..
do u feel it?
el barrio is the place that's up town
do u feel it?
i feel, i feel, i fear and the hate
do u feel it?
thats were fear and hate is commonplace
do u feel it?
i said it, tellin' you about being hungry
do u feel it?
up town, thats the place,
that poverty abounds
do u feel it?
i used to love it there
the place where i was born
do u feel it?
but somewhere theres a better place
when i find it, i'll be gone, gone, gone, gone, gone..
do u feel it?
i feel it
i feel it in my bones
do u feel it?
go and search for another, another home..
do u feel it?
said i feel it
feel it in my bones
do u feel it?
soon as I can, i'll be gone, gone, gone
do u feel it?
i feel it yes
i feel it
do u feel it?
where poverty abounds
do u feel it?
i feel it
i feel it
got to get away
do u feel it?
gotta get away
gotta get away
gotta get away
gotta get away
do u feel it?

do u feel it?