The Towns

Intro

(New York)

Yeah

From the bridge to the tunnel come through

Verse 1

Where I'm from the corner store stays open till the first light

Brownstones stand like witnesses to every long night

Concrete cradle raised me in the cold steel shadow

Every block a chapter from the alley to the meadow

Staten side my stomping grounds where the ferry runs

Queens and Brooklyn in my blood like a second sun

Chorus

The towns the towns where I come alive

Queens to Brooklyn we survive

The towns the towns yeah that's where I'm from

Harlem to the BX till the day is done

The towns the towns we rise we fall

Staten Island standing tall

Verse 2

Bronx born energy on every boulevard

Manhattan lights they move me but they hit too hard

I been through the loud and the low the lost and the found

Every borough wrote a chapter in the life I'm bound

Mama taught me keep my head up walk the narrow mile

New York made me loud and proud with a crooked smile

Pre-Chorus

From the projects to the penthouses we carry the weight

Five boroughs in my pocket couldn't separate

Chorus

The towns the towns where I come alive

Queens to Brooklyn we survive

The towns the towns yeah that's where I'm from

Harlem to the BX till the day is done

The towns the towns we rise we fall

Staten Island standing tall

Hook

The towns the towns

The towns the towns

Bridge

Every fire escape a staircase to the stars

Every stoop a landing for a restless heart

Different names same story we the ones who made it

Four corners of the map and we never faded

Chorus

The towns the towns where I come alive

Queens to Brooklyn we survive

The towns the towns yeah that's where I'm from

Harlem to the BX till the day is done

The towns the towns we rise we fall

Staten Island standing tall