"what'd you do night? " "we did umm, two whole It was me, dez, and main right? And on the first car in small it said 'all you see is..' and then you Big, big, you some block silver letters said '..crime in the city' right? " "it just took up the whole " "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 high in the of the metropolis Shinin, who on top of this? People was tusslin, arguin and Gangstaz of hardcore hustlin I'm with words and ideas My is picky, seekin what will transmit The can apply to transcript, yo ain't no time where the usual is suitable Tonight alive, let's describe the The indisputable, we new the narcotic Strength in metal and optics Where is paid to trade hot stock tips For profits, thirsty criminals pockets Hard knuckles on the second hands of workin class is collosus, the cost of living Is preposterous, stay alive, you or die, no options No batman and robin, can't tell The and the robbers, they both partners, they all heartless With no conscience, streets stay darkened Where unbeliever hearts stay My eagle talons stay sharpened, like city lights throbbin You either make a way or sobbin, the shiny apple Is bruised but sweet and if you to eat You lose your teeth, many crews retreat Nightly news repeat, who got shot down and down to savages, nasdaq averages My narrative, rose to explain existance Amidst the harbor lights which in the distance
So much on my mind that I can't Blastin holes in the til she bled sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors from stars that shine Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the Heard the bass out like an ancient mating call I can't take it y'all, I can feel the city heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die the last train leaving
[talib Breathin in deep city breaths, sittin on steps We stoop to new lows, hell froze the night the city The beast crept concrete jungles Communicatin one another 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 Taken them plungers, to death that's painted by the numbers With crime unapplied pressure, cats is god But havin by a lesser baby mother but fuck it We played against each other like puppets, swearin you got When the only pull you got is the wool over eyes Gettin knowledge in jail like a in disguise Look in the skies for god, what you see besides the Is dreams flying away on the wings of the obscene Thoughts people put in the air Places where you get murdered over a glare But everything is It's a paradox we reality So keepin it real will make you casualty of abnormal Killers born naturally like, and mallory Not knowing the ways'll get you like an nba salary cats be emceeing to illustrate what we be seeing Hard to be a spiritual being when shit is shakin what you in For trees to grow in brooklyn, seeds to be planted I'm asking if y'all me and the crowd left me stranded My blood pressure boiled and rose, cause new york Actin spoiled at shows, to the 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 mind I just recline Blastin holes in the night til she bled Breathe in, inhale vapors from stars that shine out, weed smoke retrace the skyline Yo don't the bass ride out like an mating call I can't take it y'all, I can feel the breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the Sigh before we die like the last train
[spanish woman] escuchela.. respirando ? ?
Yo...on the amen, corner I stood lookin at my hood Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for Threw on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it Mixin down emotions, I hadn't mastered I coreograph steps to heaven And hell, waiting to exhale and make the bread Veteran of a cold war chica-i-go for What I know or, what's So some days I take the bus home, just to home From the I spend months gone Sat by the window with a clutched dome to shorties cuss long Young with weak minds, but they butt strong Tried to call, or at beep the lord, but didn't have a touch-tone a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on Some of land I must own the city, they want us gone Tearin down the 'jects creatin plush My circumstance is between cabrini and jones Surrounded by hate, yet I home Ask my God how he thought the world sound Found it to imagine he hadn't been past downtown It's deep, I the city breathe in it's sleep Of reality I touch, but for me it's to keep Deep, I heard my man breathe in his Of reality I touch, but for me it's to keep
[mos def and So much on my mind I just recline Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine Breathe out, weed retrace the skyline Yo how the bass ride out like an ancient call I can't take it y'all, I can feel the city heavin, against the flesh of the evening Kiss the ide's goodbye, I'm on the last train