Shad Ali - Forbes Avenue lyrics

A lifetime of lessons on a walk through Forbes Avenue Watch the street signs change, 'Burg green, City Blue Made it all clear, now I see the established view The playground before the graveyard So in the meantime n***a, play ball Find your niche Give your all Now, with life, there's just so much more So how?? Thick is your skin and what can your endure? War? For sure? Sunny out, made my feet the bus I'm at the sky, cause I know the world is leaving us Over the bridge, peep the runners moving on the trails Through the woods, to the right, are the people that fell I'm inspired by it all typing on my cell Keep my wind good Next day I feel it Swear it was all worth for the special at the Village Two slices, Exchange Games, and Coldstone Ice Cream Music CDs, the insert, subconscious rhyme schemes And I was young saying words that rung Just a stones throw away from the n***as wit guns Had a little gig didn't struggle as much Rock the same pair for consecutive months On nature walks with consecutive blunts This is for real, no way I could stunt With wordplay I just tell you wa**up Followed by speech Wilkinsburg is a very stressful environment To say the least On nice days, I used to walk in to Squirrel Hill through Forbes Avenue And just from my surroundings I was able to learn a lot about life, and the absence of life And the things that should be a priority while you're here, breathing air The playground at Frick Park represented the fun you should have In the short distance, I was able to see the disparity of wealth So my walk home represented the walk of the poor You know? I get away on Forbes Avenue I found my way on Forbes Avenue I get away on Forbes Avenue