Luyện nghe bài hát Respiration

"What'd you do night?"
"We did umm, two whole
It was me, Dez, and Main Three
And on the first car in small letters it
you see is..' and then you know
big, big, you know block silver letters
that '..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 spanish: to it.. the city breathing)

* repeats 3X *

[spanish woman] Escuchela..

Def]
The new rode high in the crown of the metropolis
Shinin, like who on top of
was tusslin, arguin and bustlin
Gangstaz of Gotham hardcore
I'm with words and ideas
My ears is picky, seekin what will
the scribes can to transcript, yo
This ain't no where the usual is suitable
Tonight alive, describe the inscrutable
The indisputable, we New York the
in metal and fiber optics
where is paid to trade hot stock tips
for profits, thirsty criminals take
knuckles on the second hands of workin class watches
Skyscrapers is collosus, the of living
is preposterous, stay alive, you or die, no options
No and Robin, can't tell between
the and the robbers, they both partners, they all heartless
With no conscience, back streets stay
Where unbeliever hearts stay
My eagle talons STAY sharpened, like city stay throbbin
You either make a way or stay sobbin, the Shiny
is bruised but sweet and if you to eat
You could lose teeth, many crews retreat
Nightly repeat, who got shot down and locked down
Spotlight to savages, averages
My narrative, rose to this existance
the harbor lights which remain in the distance

So much on my mind that I recline
Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine
Breathe in, inhale vapors from stars that shine
Breathe out, weed smoke the skyline
Heard the bass out like an ancient mating call
I can't take it y'all, I can feel the breathin
Chest heavin, the flesh of the evening
Sigh before we die like the train leaving

Kweli]
Breathin in deep breaths, sittin on shitty steps
we stoop to new lows, hell froze the the city slept
The beast through concrete jungles
with one another
And ghetto birds waters fall
from the hydrants to the
The beast walk the beats, but the beats we be
You on the wrong side of the track, visibly shaken
Taken them plungers, plungin to death that's painted by the
with crime unapplied pressure, cats is God
but havin children by a lesser baby but fuck it
we against each other like puppets, swearin you got pull
when the only pull you got is the wool over eyes
Gettin knowledge in like a blessing in disguise
Look in the skies for God, what you see the smog
is broken dreams flying away on the of the obscene
Thoughts that put in the air
Places where you could get murdered a glare
But is fair
It's a paradox we call
So keepin it will make you casualty of abnormal normality
Killers Born Naturally like, Mickey and
Not the ways'll get you capped like an NBA salary
Some cats be emceeing to illustrate what we be
to be a spiritual being when shit is shakin what you believe in
For trees to grow in Brooklyn, 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, transfer to the 2, to the gates
New York life type trife the Roman state

Def and crew]
So much on my mind I just recline
Blastin holes in the night til she bled
Breathe in, vapors from bright stars that shine
Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the
Yo don't the ride out like an ancient mating call
I can't take it y'all, I can feel the breathin
Chest heavin, against the of the evening
Sigh before we die the last train leaving

[spanish speaking woman] Escuchela.. ??

Yo...on The Amen, Corner I lookin at my former hood
Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my was gone for good
dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions, struggle I hadn't
I coreograph steps to heaven
And hell, waiting to exhale and the bread leavened
Veteran of a cold war Chica-I-go for
I know or, what's known
So some days I take the bus home, just to home
From the crib I spend gone
Sat by the window with a dome listenin to shorties cuss long
Young girls with 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 this I must own
Outta the city, they us gone
Tearin the 'jects creatin plush homes
My circumstance is Cabrini and Love Jones
Surrounded by hate, yet I love
Ask my God how he thought travellin the world
Found it hard to imagine he been past downtown
It's deep, I the city breathe in its 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 it's to keep

[Mos Def and
So much on my mind I can't recline
Blastin holes in the til she bled sunshine
Breathe in, inhale vapors bright stars that shine
out, weed smoke retrace the skyline
Yo how the bass ride out like an mating call
I take it y'all, I can feel the city breathing
Chest heavin, the flesh of the evening
Kiss the Ide's goodbye, I'm on the train leaving