[Intro]
I've been down one time
And I been down two times
But now I'm drownin'
Drownin' in a sea of hope
Lemme tell you all about it...
Train intercom:
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Check check it out y'all
Yeah
[Verse 1]
The city was
My first love sittin' on the train
Thinking puddles of rain, traffic lights blinking
Boulevards full of bus stops and bullet scars
Where hard knocks hustling but nobody trust cops
Cheap cigar smoke in broke apartments
Alleyways cloaked in darkness. Neon
Lights burning in local markets
And real people with nothing
To eat in these streets cold and heartless
Sometimes I ride these trains to the end of the line
Sit in the back, surrender my mind
Ain't no way to better spend my time, looking out the
Window, I send a rhyme to the stars for a friend of mine
I sit around and watch all the faces
Pacing through the subway stations, just slaves to the pavement
Stash your cash and make sure you got the right change
'Cos we 'bout to take a ride on the night train
[Verse 2]
Blunts and bags of weed
Concrete full of cracks, and tags that read
Cold city full of sights that's sad to see
But there ain't really no place I'd rather be
Uh, yeah, old timers, crime kings and conquerers
Quiet commoners and anonymous street wanderers
Police officers just itching to flash if
They think for a minute that you wasn't kissing they a**
Every corner got a story that was never told
Every street light's seen something incredible
Me and the city got a relationship, and
I love her but sometimes I just can't take this sh**
Lonely souls full of tears and woes wanna get
Off, but we missed our stop years ago
Still ridin', hoping that our life changed
But we ain't never getting off the night train