Central Park

Lyrics

[Intro: Sample] I'm enjoying the day outside I'm enjoying the day outside [Verse 1] It came in two pieces, no arm no breakdown Still felt like gifts from Jesus, water in a drought If you scared, go in the house Married to the game, abusing my spouse Bout it like Viktor Bout Mum's the word Idiots open they mouth, remove all doubt I'm in the park when it's dark out Twist the bark, hands of a surgeon, never went the shark route Eggs from a sturgeon, sour candy from an urchin Ask not for whom The Raven's perching It caws for you, Tower of London when I punch in For him, they built a supermax under the dungeon Panopticon octagon within an octagon Rapped my way out like word is bond My 10 percent was militant Knowledge of self Nigga rich, negro recidivist Lonely hearts club Apparently I'm the only rapper that didn't fuck your bitch Yet In lieu of respect I'm now accepting certified checks Wade through the crowd, swiper in hand Shorties unconvinced when I say I'm with the band [Verse 2] Urban green spaces, metal-halide lamps Black Green Acres, good fences, pale neighbors You can have the streets, Inconspicuously absent when them things start clapping Green in the wood like absinthe White flight like Aspen The hustler in me wants to give back, help kids with they fractions Metric system/reading comprehension, theoretical math Like if you give a dude a half, what's the likelihood he brings it back Pop quiz: What's the line between being crazy high and a panic attack? Trick question, told son You can run with the best of them Years later found eating Jim Crow in the colored section You wrecked, slow horses fast betting Police sweep, little homies caught in the netting You prolly could have done something but you didn't Now that it's too late, a whole bunch of predictable hand wringing Blame the family, blame myself or blame the system Fact is gun charge with two priors, my little cousins going to prison [Outro] I'm out here till I got no work left I'm out here till I got no work left