Souls In Chains - Bamboo And Serpents lyrics

[Esoterical][Intro] New York New York New York New York [Esoterical][Verse1] Even the sunniest days can have a little rain These words ring through my brain as I ride this train Sliding swift through the underbelly of this city Just listening and looking on Thinking how many people have been in this exact same spot With their thoughts gone Just lost in the sounds of the tracks Escaping just for a second any problem or regret they've ever had We hit a bump and my mind snaps back I look up to see a little boy with a crooked blue hat Sitting calm with confusion in his eyes Looking up to a broken mother trying not to cry Right across from them Two seats left from me Sit's a ghetto bred youth labeled in the color green Looking like an urban militant in his 3x tee and jeans He got off at the same spot as me But he kept going I stopped to watch a man sing so hard It seemed like his words were about to bleed With the memories he was verbally painting As his guitar screamed along with him So I dropped a five and went about my life Hitting the streets like a rhythm without a beat Looking up to the city above me Watching buildings scraping the sky so high I wonder if the heavens are keeping down the NY [Chorus] New York New York These New York streets these New York streets New York New York Are guiding me guiding me New York New York [jD][Verse2] White snow covers the cotton of my black gloves Taking in the faces and the changes of the people walking past us Look around Homeless in shelters, brokers and sellers, drifters and dwellers, stock market tellers Mindscapes neglected It's like we swallow the truth but cant seem to digest it So I push forward Maples hang over head Across the park the skies are dark decipher words in my breath I watch it all The jakes in blue, rich men in suits, Pols and Jews, the 14th loop Existent thoughts Read the signs and decide to head north some blocks Stuyvesant street lights The projects on East River seaside Peace signs graffiti murals, Tompkins Park the snow is knee high I've reached the point were streets collide Black beanie to the side a skull cap dressed Amongst the New York sketch I sit and stare in the snow upon the building steps [Chorus] New York New York These New York streets these New York streets New York New York Are guiding me guiding me New York New York [Esoterical][Verse3] I can feel the snow freezing the back of my head as I sit upon the steps of this project Watching time creep by I let my mind slide brewing static lines Until this guy who jus bought a dime asks me for a light But doesn't wait for a reply he just heads inside So I forget about him, get up and start walking down the street Staring up at these empty frozen trees In this little city above Avenue B Where if you look to your left You'll see a man getting jacked right before the Christmas weeks Because honest men aren't the only men with kids And it's easier to rob a man then to work for him Now past Stuyvesant, I'm heading down to the last letter this alphabet got But I stop to watch a cop drop nine shots in a ragtop Coming my way, hoping a stray don't come ruin my day I stay stuck praying for luck to ask d**h to wait And he listens as I go about my business Wondering what destination I'm feeling, where can I head now? Walking some blocks and a bridge out Five points stare down As I hear cans clack with a tips shout [Chorus] New York New York These New York streets these New York streets New York New York Are guiding me guiding me New York New York [jD][Verse4] Black clouds over the hood I'm on the corner with the thugs Silent foot steps under the moon as they a**ume I'm slanging d** Empty whiskey bottles in the gutters fiends collected Under the tracks pregnant girl Camels smoke screen ingested Shake my head but move on count my steps a little further Jackson Ave 5 points pad walls sprayed up bamboo and serpents Queens blocks subtracting street signs backwards from 40 Smoke moves from my burnt lips as the projects move towards me Under the bridge sunsets buses spew ash in thee air Climb up the steps and through the gates welcomed by pa**avive's stares Look to the stacks buildings icy snow fall with the brick swift Y's on the river front 23rd and Queens bridge [Chorus] New York New York These New York streets these New York streets New York New York Are guiding me guiding me New York New York [Esoterical/jD][Verse5] In the middle of Queens bridge my minds gone sick blinded by street lights Coupled with a cold night Brick buildings and a black sky Hard to fathom and imagine dons of this hood use to pa** by I walk through this complex Drop my head and get lost in past verses Fall out of consciousness slip back fit my last words in Stand still mother f**er I'll empty my sh** Trying to think quick why you got to do this Homie this the life we live, I got kids to feed and bills to pay Man I'm sorry bout your troubles But you think I got a dime to my name? Quit talking quit your bullsh** empty your damn pockets Ill squeeze this trigger and body you motherf**er