Lyrics

[Verse: Joell Ortiz] I 'member when it was a gold coin with a dot through it (Talk) If you dropped one in the turnstile, then you got through it (Uh-huh) That's what all the working folks did before I got to it (Word) Me? I checked my surroundings and then I just hopped through it If I saw a brand new homeless man, I would not do it (Nah) Field boots and puffy hoodie, that's the cop, stupid (Nope) I got a ball game in the city, ain't got no time to take no Ls Buy a token, younger Joell waits for the elm Walk by a true homeless man, you won't forget the smell Can't even sit by 'em, they get that whole bench to theyself I was stayin' near the edge of the platform, where the rats storm It's hundreds of them down in them tracks, gettin' they snack on If any of them couldn't keep up, then they came back for 'em Could see, they all would scatter when the train's one stop away My first GPS, they gave me the ETA I'll navigate this MTA 'till I get to the NBA Fast forward Headphones over my ears, right thumb pressin' and play On that anti-shock CD-Walkman from RCA Transferrin' on eight avenue just waiting on that A train To take me uptown and buy the grams of that yay Smokin' between the carts with my boys from around the way Pocket full of re-up, hope the block ain't hot today I would get the butterflies when I was a couple of stops away Doors open up Fiends everywhere You'll never forget the smell of crack smoke, man, I swear Then we'd hike it up what seem like the longest set of stairs Finally get to the surface and a fresh breath of air Get what you gotta get Beware and stay clear Of the rare looking cabbies with the dice in the mirror Head back to the underground with a sock full of hard A prayer you don't get stopped in a brand new MetroCard Still standin' near the edge of the platform But this time with crack on 'em, hopin' nobody rats on 'em Trying to survive ridin' an iron horse Graffiti everywhere, hope that's the only writin' on the wall [Outro] Scoobity ba-ba-ba Da-da-da-da-da-da diddily-dee A yey-yey Yeah Your in the underground