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lyrics
Verse 1:
Looking back up on a New York City summer /
rooftop runnin’ as a youngin’ /
watching cops toggle triggers,
shooting more than just the dozens /
like doesn’t that sound fun? /
100 miles we’d run to the oldest corner store to cop some weak gum now we sip on cheap rum and stumble til our stomach’s bubble over / lamenting yesterdays while we plot the taking over of the morrow / with harrowed tales of ghetto life that still exist /
despite them transplants steady moving in /
I should be used to it /
but lately I’ve been too into my mind not to rewind /
and do some shit to remind /
myself how it used to be /
cruising through them city streets at night /
navigating the sea of lights we use to see //
and seen as how / we had to fly the coup to set free /
it’s funny looking back on a past that can still arrest me /
whipping’ my Delorean down memory lane /
a young prophet in the making the legend became /
but I know //
I got a long old way to go / and with these short Old City raps /
I’m breathing life into the era of gold //
when peace met grief and they nestled under the same sheets /
the same break with the same beats /
things done changed /
Biggie told me 9-4 /
so I just ride the wave for as long as I let my mind go //
back in the days when time was illmatic /
and every ounce of my city was a classic / (so pass that shit ) /
Chorus:
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say) /
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say)
(And You Say New York City)
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say)
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say)
Verse 2:
You see nostalgia is a very funny feeling /
and peeling back the layers got my mind reeling /
stealing the attention of the present /
got me dealing with the past in the form of buried treasure /
do I do it for the leisure? I’m less sure /
the pressure of a solid gold memory is tempting me /
like how we used to hold hands walkin up Delancey street /
when we tricked that old man to cop a pint of Hennesey /
and once she heard them slow jams,
her slow wine was extra sweet / you best believe /
you see, I see it? /
but fuck it, I can’t let go /
I kept you in my brain waves to keep you feelin’ special /
I see you on the train every time I swipe my metro /
right before I write these memos /
your flesh shows /
I test those thoughts with certain wishes in the hopes that you’re livin’ for the city, yourself, and for the times that we kicked it /
for the kisses we delivered /
and the jokes, I might miss it /
…
but for me to get over I had to for-get /
ya get it? /
and I understand it’s hard /
but I know it’s not always written clearly up in the stars /
so I try to write legibly in my bars /
give freedom to all these thoughts /
loosen my grip on history /
to out find what was lost / in the seasons /
time x memories in between us /
tucked away between Pandora’s legs, her box the sweetest /
and as she keeps it /
we can trace out every secret in the rain /
and wash away all of these hunger pains…. Bitch
Chorus:
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say) /
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say)
(And You Say New York City)
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say)
Lovin’ NY right now /
Lovin’ NY right now (you say)
credits
from Catharsis,
released May 8, 2015
All Lyrics Written By: Darth Dream'