"what'd you do night? " "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 you know Big, big, you know some block silver That '..crime in the city' right? " "it just took up the whole " "yeah yeah, it was a car and shit..."
[spanish speaking escuchela.. la ciudad respirando (translation of listen to it.. the city breathing)
* woman 3x *
[spanish speaking escuchela..
[mos The new moon high in the crown of the metropolis Shinin, who on top of this? was tusslin, arguin and bustlin Gangstaz of gotham hustlin I'm wrestlin words 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, let's the inscrutable The indisputable, we new york the Strength in and fiber optics Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock For profits, thirsty criminals pockets Hard on the second hands of workin class watches is collosus, the cost of living Is preposterous, stay alive, you or die, no options No batman and robin, tell between The cops and the robbers, they both partners, they all With no conscience, back streets darkened Where unbeliever hearts stay My eagle talons stay sharpened, like lights stay throbbin You either a way or stay sobbin, the shiny apple Is bruised but sweet and if you to eat You could your teeth, many crews retreat Nightly news repeat, who got shot and locked down Spotlight to savages, averages My narrative, to explain this existance Amidst the harbor lights which remain in the
So much on my mind that I can't Blastin holes in the til she bled sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars shine Breathe out, smoke retrace the skyline Heard the bass out like an ancient mating call I can't take it y'all, I can the city breathin Chest heavin, the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the train leaving
[talib Breathin in deep city breaths, sittin on steps We stoop to new lows, hell froze the night the city The beast through concrete jungles with one another And birds where waters fall the hydrants to the gutters The beast walk the beats, but the we be makin You on the wrong side of the track, lookin shaken Taken plungers, plungin to death that's painted by the numbers With crime unapplied pressure, is playin god But children 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 your knowledge in jail like a blessing in disguise Look in the for god, what you see besides the smog Is dreams flying away on the wings of the obscene Thoughts that put in the air Places where you could get murdered over a But is fair a paradox we call reality So keepin it real will you casualty of abnormal normality Killers born like, mickey and mallory Not knowing the ways'll get you capped like an nba Some cats be emceeing to what we be seeing Hard to be a spiritual being when 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 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 the roman empire state
def and crew] So on my mind I just can't recline Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine Breathe in, inhale from bright stars that shine Breathe out, weed 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 city Chest heavin, against the flesh of the Sigh before we die like the train leaving
[spanish speaking escuchela.. respirando ? ?
Yo...on the amen, corner I stood lookin at my former the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I mask it Mixin down emotions, struggle I mastered I coreograph seven steps to And hell, to exhale and make the bread leavened of a cold war it's chica-i-go for What I or, what's known So days I take the bus home, just to touch home From the crib I spend gone Sat by the window with a clutched dome listenin to shorties cuss Young girls 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 land I must own Outta the city, want us gone Tearin down the 'jects creatin homes My circumstance is between cabrini and love Surrounded by hate, yet I love Ask my God how he thought travellin the sound Found it hard to imagine he hadn't been 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 my man breathe in his sleep Of reality I touch, but for me it's to keep
def and crew] So much on my mind I just recline Blastin holes in the night til she sunshine Breathe in, inhale vapors bright stars that shine out, weed smoke retrace the skyline Yo how the bass ride out like an ancient mating I can't take it y'all, I can the city breathing heavin, against the flesh of the evening Kiss the ide's goodbye, I'm on the last leaving