
Date of issue: 28.03.2018
Record label: Horris
Song language: English
Going Back to Brooklyn |
Some of my favorite people of all time, are from Brooklyn |
Jay-Z, Spike Lee, my Uncle Joel, Mel Brooks |
The Beastie Boys, Lou Reed, ODB |
Now — I’m not from Brooklyn but, this is my story |
Once upon a time in the Bay, there was nothing left to say |
So I had to get away |
I’d been sittin all up in Duboce Park with Lamar on my mind |
Like Alistair Grey, feeling strangely fine |
Twenty-six years old, at a crossroads |
Was it time for grad school, or time for more shows? |
Time to rock my thesis, or write more songs? |
Time to call it quits when I’d been doin this so long? |
I couldn’t decide, so I made an EP |
with a rapper named K. Flay that opened for me |
I helped her get discovered and on tour with #OH!3 |
I heard she got a deal, I read it in AP |
I bought the Jay-Z book «Decoded"and I noticed something funny |
You’ve got to grind and hustle if you want to make that money |
I met a girl with purple hair, a Puget Sound grad |
Fell head over heels, life wasn’t that bad! |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — DJ Premier! |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — the RZA, the GZA! |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — Woody Allen whattup? |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — Jimmy Fallon yo you’re killin it! |
I went to Europe, with Zebrahead |
Ed played rums on my set and it sounded so sick |
Knew I had to get back in the game, stop sleepin on my craft |
and bring that fire back quick |
I made some comments in the press, that got some kids upset |
on white rappers that were taken out of context |
But Sage Francis had my back and I don’t regret a thing I said |
I was just bein honest |
So I got lost and rode my bike around Lake Merritt |
I found a safe routine, but yo I couldn’t bare it |
Every day was exactly the same like NIN |
My upper playground hoodie, was starting to wear thin |
That’s a metaphor — the Bay was played out |
My inspiration was gone like a cerebral drought |
So I, got running, and moved back East |
Built a studio in Greenpoint, and made a bunch of beats |
Now I could be enlightened, or I could be in love |
Or I could be confused, or I could be on drugs |
Or this Buddha in my pocket, might just have been a sign |
that everything was back on track and everything was fine |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — Jerry Seinfeld you’re paid |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — Mike Tyson c’mon! |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — Eddie Murphy, Charlie Murphy I see |
you |
I’m going (going) back (back) to Brooklyn — Biggie, respect… |
Song tags: #Deangelo Vickers
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