"what'd you do night? " "we did umm, two whole It was me, dez, and main three And on the car in small letters it said 'all you see is..' and you know Big, big, you know some block silver said '..crime in the city' right? " "it just took up the car? " "yeah yeah, it was a car and shit..."
speaking woman] escuchela.. la ciudad respirando (translation of listen to it.. the city breathing)
* woman 3x *
speaking woman] escuchela..
[mos The new moon rode in the crown of the metropolis Shinin, who on top of this? People was tusslin, and bustlin Gangstaz of hardcore hustlin I'm with words and ideas My ears is picky, what will transmit The scribes can to transcript, yo This ain't no time where the is suitable Tonight alive, describe the inscrutable The indisputable, we new york the Strength in metal and fiber mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock tips For profits, thirsty criminals pockets Hard knuckles on the second hands of class watches is collosus, the cost of living Is preposterous, stay alive, you play or die, no No batman and robin, can't tell The and the robbers, they both partners, they all heartless With no conscience, back stay darkened Where unbeliever stay hardened My eagle talons stay sharpened, city lights stay throbbin You either a way or stay sobbin, the shiny apple Is but sweet and if you choose to eat You lose your teeth, many crews retreat Nightly news repeat, who got down and locked down Spotlight to savages, nasdaq My narrative, rose to this existance Amidst the harbor lights which in the distance
So much on my mind that I can't Blastin holes in the night til she bled Breathe in, inhale vapors bright stars that shine Breathe out, smoke retrace the skyline Heard the ride out like an ancient mating call I take it y'all, I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the Sigh before we die like the last train
kweli] Breathin in deep city breaths, sittin on shitty We stoop to new lows, hell froze the night the slept The crept through concrete jungles with one another And birds where waters fall From the hydrants to the The beast walk the beats, but the we be makin You on the wrong of the track, lookin visibly shaken Taken plungers, plungin to death that's painted by the numbers With crime unapplied pressure, is playin god But havin children by a baby mother but fuck it We played each other like puppets, swearin you got pull When the only pull you got is the wool over eyes Gettin in jail like a blessing in disguise in the skies for god, what you see besides the smog Is broken dreams away on the wings of the obscene that people put in the air Places you could get murdered over a glare But is fair a paradox we call reality So keepin it real will you casualty of abnormal normality born naturally like, mickey and mallory Not knowing the ways'll get you capped an nba salary Some cats be emceeing to illustrate what we be Hard to be a spiritual being shit is shakin what you believe in For trees to grow in brooklyn, seeds need to be I'm if y'all feel me and the crowd left me stranded My blood pressure and rose, cause new york niggaz Actin spoiled at shows, to the the spoils go I take the l, transfer to the 2, to the gates New york life type trife the roman empire
def and crew] So much on my I just can't recline Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the Yo don't the bass ride out like an ancient call I take it y'all, I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the of the evening Sigh before we die like the last leaving
[spanish speaking escuchela.. respirando ? ?
Yo...on the amen, corner I lookin at my former hood Felt the in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it Mixin down emotions, struggle I hadn't I coreograph seven to heaven And hell, waiting to exhale and make the leavened of a cold war it's chica-i-go for What I know or, known So some days I take the bus home, just to home From the crib I spend months Sat by the window with a clutched dome to shorties cuss long Young girls weak minds, but they butt strong Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on Some of this I must own Outta the city, want us gone Tearin down the 'jects plush homes My circumstance is between cabrini and jones Surrounded by hate, yet I love Ask my God how he thought travellin the world it hard to imagine he hadn't been past downtown It's deep, I heard the city breathe in it's Of reality I touch, but for me hard to keep Deep, I heard my man breathe in his Of I touch, but for me it's hard to keep
def and crew] So much on my mind I just can't Blastin in the night til she bled sunshine Breathe in, inhale from bright stars that shine out, weed smoke retrace the skyline Yo how the ride out like an ancient mating call I can't take it y'all, I can feel the breathing Chest heavin, the flesh of the evening Kiss the ide's goodbye, I'm on the train leaving