Empire State (Die Hipster Scum)

from Uptown Boogie Down by ENZIGURI

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Cash rules everything around me,
Bash fools who say "it's astounding."
Families gettin run out the counties,
The working class is taking a pounding!

Transplants coming in from the mid west,
Living off of their parents checks,
Treating NYC with disrespect.
Hipsters spread disease while we slept,
Rocking in goatees & V-Necks,
Don't mean much to me, disconnect.
Landscape keeps changing, indirect,
I'm down on my knees, take effect.

I can't believe this happened,
I can't believe this happened,
I can't believe what's going on,
In my own neighborhood.

The strong, the brave,
have been depraved.
New York has seen some better days.
We all survived through the decay,
Outrageous price to ride the trains.
When all is said and all is done,
Our city is still number one.
Can't walk away I'm having fun,
I'll find my place here in the sun.

It's bitter sweet, city that never sleeps.
It lives in me & underneath these streets!
It smells like weed,
dog shit On the concrete,
and in my teens I never thought,
I'd be feeling this way,
Like something's missing.
This cities changing,
But I'm still the same.

It's the Empire,
It's the Empire State.
Been through hell fire,
And looked it in its face (2x)

I can't believe this happened,
I can't believe this happened,
I can't believe what's going on,
In my own neighborhood.

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from Uptown Boogie Down, released April 22, 2017

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ENZIGURI The Bronx, New York

Enziguri is:
Dave Goldsmith
Matt Monahan
Walter Santiago
Will Romeo

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