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TAXIDRIVER

from NY77 (11 Tracks) by NY77

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We live in Brooklyn baby
Manhattan ain't Manhattan since the 1980's
When the money splashed in and they trashed the baby
With the bathwater just for a dash of safety
Cats oughtta know a diamond from a glass fugazi
Now you hear the ghosts sighing like Patrick Swayze
No more you ever spot a proper pimp and a whore
But New York, New York's got a fuckin' M&M store
The Midnight Cowboy went American Psycho
Gentrified 'til everything white like vitiligo
The corpse of 42nd and the tourist traps
Make it hard to see mirages of its lurid past
So that's why I brought a flashlight to walk through the fog
Won't you time travel with me like Doc Brown's dog
Through a polyester wormhole, don't stop now
I'm gonna show you how your Mom and Daddy used to get down

Move it if you hear me now
When the best of times were the worst of times
Don't save me

I'm talkin' bout Dog Day Afternoons, Harlem Nights
Back before you'd get a ticket for your Parliament Lights
I'm talkin' NY77, Travis Bickle shit
Let me spin it backwards like Mr. Mxyzptlk
To when the scene was all flares and lifts
And you might see the two MJ's sharing a spliff
Upstairs at 54, on the floor with the BeeGees
Hit the door, catch the Ramones owning CBGB's
The streets be awash with the garbage and grime
Puddles blinking with the light of a GIRLS GIRLS sign
'Til the blackout threw the stables open, city aflame
Caz looted some turntables and invented the game
Now little's the same and the blueprint's faded
But we still gon' pay our dues to the crews who made it
So lose it to the funk, if I see ya'll bouncin'
I'll send you back in time like the T-1000

Move it if you hear me now
When the best of times were the worst of times
Don't save me

Well the best we had
Was nothing that would last forever
Shit ain't never gonna be the same
But the funk we shared
Is something we can dance together to forever
If you can feel it coursing through your veins

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from NY77 (11 Tracks), released July 7, 2017
Lyrics & Music by Knate Lee
Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Knate Lee
Mastered by Chris Testa
Horn sample by Bernard Herrmann from "Main Title" on "Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording" www.amazon.com/Taxi-Driver-Original-Soundtrack-Recording/dp/B000006OHL

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