"what'd you do last " "we did umm, two cars It was me, dez, and three right? And on the car in small letters it said 'all you see is..' and then you Big, big, you know block silver letters That said '..crime in the right? " "it took up the whole car? " "yeah yeah, it was a car and shit..."
[spanish speaking woman] escuchela.. la respirando (translation of spanish: to it.. the city breathing)
* woman 3x *
[spanish woman] escuchela..
[mos The new moon rode high in the of the metropolis Shinin, like who on top of was tusslin, arguin and bustlin Gangstaz of gotham hardcore I'm wrestlin with words and My ears is picky, seekin what transmit The can apply to transcript, yo This no time where the usual is suitable alive, let's describe the inscrutable The indisputable, we new york the Strength in metal and optics Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock For profits, thirsty take pockets Hard knuckles on the hands of workin class watches Skyscrapers is collosus, the of living Is preposterous, alive, you play or die, no options No batman and robin, can't between The cops and the robbers, both partners, they all heartless no conscience, back streets stay darkened Where unbeliever hearts stay My eagle talons stay sharpened, like city lights stay You either make a way or stay sobbin, the apple Is bruised but and if you choose to eat You could lose your teeth, many retreat Nightly news repeat, who got shot and locked down Spotlight to savages, nasdaq My narrative, rose to this existance Amidst the harbor lights which remain in the
So much on my mind that I recline Blastin holes in the night til she bled Breathe in, inhale from bright stars that shine out, weed smoke retrace the skyline Heard the bass ride out an ancient mating call I take it y'all, I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the Sigh we die like the last train leaving
kweli] Breathin in deep city breaths, sittin on steps We stoop to new lows, hell the night the city slept The beast through concrete jungles Communicatin with one And ghetto birds where waters From the hydrants to the The walk the beats, but the beats we be makin You on the wrong of the track, lookin visibly shaken Taken them plungers, plungin to death that's painted by the With crime pressure, cats is playin god But havin by a lesser baby mother but fuck it We played against each other puppets, swearin you got pull the only pull you got is the wool over your eyes Gettin knowledge in jail like a in disguise Look in the skies for god, you see besides the smog Is broken dreams away on the wings of the obscene Thoughts that put in the air Places where you could get murdered a glare But everything is It's a we call reality So keepin it real make you casualty of abnormal normality Killers born naturally like, mickey and Not knowing the ways'll get you capped an nba salary Some be emceeing to illustrate what we be seeing Hard to be a being when shit is shakin what you believe in For trees to in brooklyn, seeds need to be planted I'm asking if y'all feel me and the crowd me stranded My blood pressure boiled and rose, cause new niggaz Actin at shows, to the winners the spoils go I take the l, to the 2, head to the gates New york life trife the roman empire state
def and crew] So much on my I just can't recline Blastin holes in the til she bled sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that Breathe out, weed smoke the skyline Yo the bass ride out like an ancient mating call I can't it y'all, I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die the last train leaving
[spanish speaking escuchela.. respirando ? ?
Yo...on the amen, corner I lookin at my former hood Felt the spirit in the wind, my friend was gone for good Threw on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it Mixin down emotions, struggle I mastered I coreograph steps to heaven And hell, to exhale and make the bread 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 months gone Sat by the window with a clutched dome listenin to shorties long girls with weak minds, but they butt strong Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't a touch-tone It's a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta on Some of this land I own Outta the city, they us gone Tearin down the 'jects creatin homes My circumstance is cabrini and love jones by hate, yet I love home Ask my God how he thought travellin the sound Found it hard to imagine he been past downtown It's deep, I the city breathe in it's sleep Of I touch, but for me it's hard to keep Deep, I heard my man in his sleep Of I touch, but for me it's hard to keep
[mos def and So much on my I just can't recline Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the Yo how the bass 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 the ide's goodbye, I'm on the last train leaving