Crumpled Crown

Verse 1

Monday morning train ride downtown

Pocket full of loose change and a crumpled crown

Window seat fogging from my heavy sigh

Old man hums a tune I can't identify

Pre-Chorus

Saxophone riff from a passing club

Bass line walking through the city mud

Every street corner's got a story to sell

I got my own and I know it well

Chorus

Keep it smooth keep it low

Let the sample breathe and the needle go

Hip-hop jazz on a rainy day

Swing my shoulders through the spray

Keep it smooth keep it low

Verse 2

Flea market treasures in a beat-up crate

Skimming through the wax till it's way too late

Found a horn break from '62

Now the whole block's nodding right on cue

Pre-Chorus

Scratches kissing the turntable groove

Every dusty record got something to prove

No golden mics just a borrowed booth

Loose tape hiss and a half-told truth

Chorus

Keep it smooth keep it low

Let the sample breathe and the needle go

Hip-hop jazz on a rainy day

Swing my shoulders through the spray

Keep it smooth keep it low

Bridge

Cellophane crackle warm and deep

Melodies I borrowed I get to keep

From the basement to the booth

From the floorboards to the truth

Every loop a little window to the past

And I'm riding it till the very last

Chorus

Keep it smooth keep it low

Let the sample breathe and the needle go

Hip-hop jazz on a rainy day

Swing my shoulders through the spray

Keep it smooth keep it low

Outro

Mm-hmm

Keep it smooth

Mm