Market & 8th

Lyrics

[Scratched sample] Back on the journey again [Verse 1] Wanna cross the block to buy a loaf of bread A homeless man yelled out "I haven't had any food all day Man I'm down on my luck, can you spare some change?" All his friends looked up, like as if to say If you got it like that, throw something my way So I had to keep stepping, put foot to pavement I really would have liked to help up but, hey... About twenty meters up the sidewalk Eye contact with a girl that I saw Soul windows as the cold wind blows There was no one home, she was gonna lie but Dead to the world with a head in a whirlwind Yes, she was smiling, she didn't look sad Maybe in a mist, she's oblivious And they call ignorance bliss, hey, how about that? All walks a life, all playing in the game Ain't a game to be playing some don't have a plan All in the one block radius Market off 8th, summertime in the streets of San Fran [Hook] It's loud on the block now we got sounds [Verse 2] Yeah... uh... Ten meters up seen a brawl Two dope fiends going hard for a stray dollar bill Owner of the Chinese food store Came out with a pistol, like "Take it outta here!" One man with a sign saying hungry One with a sign saying buy me a beer And you try to push through in your own zone Chilling 'til you peep, there's a guy in your ear So I sped up my pace Man I want these salespeople out my face I don't know what they selling but I ain't debate For the hook line sinker man I'm out It's crazy when you can't mind your own can't find your space And they take it personal then you walk away All in a day, deep in the heart at the Bay Summertime, San Fran, Market and 8th Street [Hook] It's loud on the block now we got sounds [Outro] It's loud on the block now we got sounds Everybody listen, come to this town Gift of Gab on the mic, bringing it down Taking it, breaking it, shaking it, all around ...