"what'd you do last " "we did umm, two cars It was me, dez, and main three And on the first car in small letters it 'all you see is..' and then you Big, big, you know some block letters That '..crime in the city' right? " "it just took up the car? " "yeah yeah, it was a car and shit..."
[spanish speaking woman] escuchela.. la ciudad (translation of listen to it.. the city breathing)
* woman 3x *
[spanish woman] escuchela..
def] The new moon rode high in the of the metropolis Shinin, like who on top of People was tusslin, arguin and Gangstaz of hardcore hustlin I'm wrestlin with and ideas My ears is picky, seekin what transmit The scribes can to transcript, yo This no time where the usual is suitable Tonight alive, describe the inscrutable The indisputable, we new the narcotic Strength in and fiber optics Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot tips For profits, thirsty criminals take Hard knuckles on the second hands of workin class is collosus, the cost of living Is preposterous, alive, you play or die, no options No batman and robin, can't tell The cops and the robbers, they both partners, they all With no conscience, back streets stay unbeliever hearts stay hardened My eagle stay sharpened, like city lights stay throbbin You either make a way or stay sobbin, the apple Is but sweet and if you choose to eat You could lose your teeth, 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 remain in the distance
So much on my mind that I recline Blastin in the night til she bled sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors from stars that shine Breathe out, weed retrace the skyline Heard the bass out like an ancient mating call I can't take it y'all, I can feel the breathin heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh we die like the last train leaving
kweli] Breathin in deep city breaths, on shitty steps We stoop to new lows, hell the night the city slept The beast through concrete jungles Communicatin with one And ghetto birds waters fall From the hydrants to the The beast walk the beats, but the we be makin You on the side of the track, lookin visibly shaken them plungers, plungin to death that's painted by the numbers With crime pressure, cats is playin god But havin children by a lesser baby mother but it We played against each other like puppets, you got pull When the only pull you got is the wool over your Gettin knowledge in like a blessing in disguise Look in the skies for god, what you see besides the Is broken flying away on the wings of the obscene that people put in the air Places where you could get murdered over a But is fair It's a paradox we call So keepin it real make you casualty of abnormal normality Killers born naturally like, and mallory Not knowing the ways'll get you capped like an nba Some cats be to illustrate what we be seeing Hard to be a spiritual being shit is shakin what you believe in For to grow in brooklyn, seeds need to be planted I'm asking if feel me and the crowd left me stranded My pressure boiled and rose, cause new york niggaz Actin spoiled at shows, to the winners the go I take the l, to the 2, head to the gates New york life type trife the roman state
def and crew] So on my mind I just can't recline Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors from stars that shine Breathe out, weed smoke the skyline Yo don't the bass out like an ancient mating 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
speaking woman] escuchela.. respirando ? ?
Yo...on the amen, corner I stood lookin at my former Felt the spirit in the wind, my friend was gone for good dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it Mixin down emotions, I hadn't mastered I seven steps to heaven And hell, waiting to exhale and the bread leavened Veteran of a war it's chica-i-go for What I know or, what's So some I take the bus home, just to touch home From the crib I months gone Sat by the window with a dome listenin to shorties cuss long Young girls with weak minds, but butt strong Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but have a touch-tone It's a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta on Some of this land I own Outta the city, they want us down the 'jects creatin plush homes My circumstance is between and love jones Surrounded by hate, yet I home Ask my God how he thought the world sound Found it hard to imagine he been past downtown It's deep, I heard the city breathe in sleep Of reality I touch, but for me it's hard to Deep, I heard my man breathe in his Of reality I touch, but for me hard to keep
def and crew] So much on my mind I can't recline Blastin holes in the night til she bled in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine Breathe out, weed retrace the skyline Yo how the ride out like an ancient mating call I can't it y'all, I can feel the city breathing Chest heavin, the flesh of the evening the ide's goodbye, I'm on the last train leaving