Vine
as in West Philly, 56th Street
The kids be getting jay'd on the corner
Swing my hat to the back, Kangol, no maybe 5 Soul…
Not no bootleg treat, you get from 52nd Street, word up
Word to life, word is bond, word to God
I'm like the bean he's like a bean
I…
Sucker know you're listenin so please get off of it
A score and two years ago began the ?uestion's mission
South of 52nd Street, on…
…'Cause I know when I'm beat
See the girl who's become a joke
See the man whose heart she broke
Right here on Lexington and 52nd…
…Street
From Hollywood to Niagara Falls
In barber shops on bar room walls
The things I thought were only mine
Are up for grabs so get…
…a ringside seat
You wanna see what her husband sees
Just wait for the next subway breeze
Right here, on Lexington and 52nd Street…
…before it hits the screen
Watch us play the final scene
Right here on Lexington and 52nd Street
Hurry, all you faceless men
And catch the end of the match of the…
…become a joke
See the man whose heart she broke
Right here on Lexington and 52nd Street
From Hollywood to Niagara Falls…
…fool as he heads for the exit
He sees what she has to have, and he cannot compete
See the girl who's ten feet high
See the man who's learned to cry
Right here on Lexington and 52nd...
…machine
[Chorus]
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
Cars pass me by, but none of 'em seem to go my way
New York City, well I…
…a thousand people go home from work
[Chorus]
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
Cars pass me by, but none of 'em seem to…
…don't wanna be alone again
[Chorus]
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
Cars pass me by, but none of 'em seem to go my way
New York City, well I wish I was on a highway
Back to Olympia…
…into three Puerto Ricans
These girls took us to the funhouse
Where we played a lonely pinball machine
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd…
…know it's 4 o'clock and
She ain't never showed up and
I watched a thousand come home from work
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd…
These girls took me to the funhouse
I don't wanna be alone again
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
Cars pass by but none of…
…' inside of me
Ran into three Puerto Ricans
These girls took us to the funhouse
Where we played a lonely pinball machine
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd…
…deep inside of me
All I know it's 4 o'clock and
She ain't never showed up and
I watched a thousand come home from work
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd…
…into three Puerto Ricans
These girls took me to the funhouse
I don't wanna be alone again
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd…
…was here."
Oh yeah? Well, (Subway Lady,)
Why don't you come around? come around?
I used to see you on the L train heading crosstown…
…drop of rain
Even staring outside a window pane
If you're standing on 52nd street
Top of the Empire State
It's all the same
'Cause I…
…know I still feel the same
Yes I do
(Subway lady,)
Why don't you come around? come around?
I used to see you on the L train…
…[Chorus: Armani White]
Ayy, used to have a silver tooth when I was just a pup, yeah
Now I got some killers who got shotties with the…
…it up (Ah), she one of them (Ah)
She pay her bills? (Nah) She fuck it up (Ah)
52nd Street, I double down, then I doubled up
2023 and I'm the…
…I do like this
It's the big block girl and I do not miss (Uh)
[Chorus: Armani White & A$AP Ferg]
Ayy, ayy, ayy, used to…
Soap box preachers tanding on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of…
…glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down
Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the…
…a haunting sound over Times Square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street
Looked out the door but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem rain
I…
Soap box preachers tanding on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of…
…glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down
Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the…
…a haunting sound over Times Square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street
Looked out the door but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem rain
I…
Soap box preacher standing on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of…
…glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down
Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the…
…a haunting sound over Times Square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street
Looked out the door but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem…
Soap box preacher standing on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of…
…glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down
Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the…
…a haunting sound over Times Square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street
Looked out the door but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem…
…around and now I'm back again. (x2 with Liesa)
[Liesa]
In the middle of the night already lied but I still open that door
Come back for more
In the middle of…
…]
Too live for the venue / too selfish to catch you
Knew when I met you / Trouble lovin' / Tell me something
New life I done lived…
…side B
Let go of what I used to love let's go and get a newer one
[Liesa]
Mmmm, ahhhh
[Liesa and Prevail]
Why walk away to…
Shammy cleaning all the windows
Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul
And I hear blue strains of no regredior
Across the street…
…it's about time, time for us to begin
And meanwhile we're over in a 52nd Street apartment
Socializing with the wino few
Just to…
…be hip and get wet with the jet set
But they're flying too high to see my point of view
As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on…
…' it with 'em
Years from the land of the Bird
And I am still feelin' the spirit
5000 light years from Birdland
But I know people can…
…that hub
I remember one jazz club
Where we went to pat feet
Down on 52nd Street
Everybody heard…
…that word
That they named it after Bird
Where the rythym swooped and swirled
The jazz corner of the world
And the cats they gigged in there
Were beyond compare…