EL-P - SQUEEGEE MAN SHOOTING Lyrics

(F F) - A - A - N - N - T - T - T (Remember.. )A - A - S - S - TTT - I - I (Remember.. )C - C - D - D - A - A - M - M (Remember.. )AAA - GGG - EEE (This is indelible.. ) E - EYo, 1985 got red top live and it wasTen to the decibel, my lifelong prize, so I wasPart of the pack, pardon that, that's factI stole, part of a track and started to rap (map the growth)Try to explain, okay, the Koch era frameHardly a game, no marketing just art in the trainStation Exchange, the flickered lights start to changeSame in the brain when I watched the walls spark namesParked in the car with pa dukes at four deuceThere was a, Double rumble study kung fu loopBut we had, at the car wash that cost less cash, a blastI'd imagine that the water was rising fastQuarter in hand at the light for the squeegee manAdult life squeegee man shot, cops handThat's a lot of bad conversion, that's certainHomeless hustle lost to the dark of the blue curtainAnd it was fourth grade, I got high top playedSported the black and red Jordan bootleg crazeAnd when the big kids zeroed in I'd winceI haven't let my mother buy me bootleg since(cuz' it was)1985 got red top live and it wasten to the decibel, my lifelong pride, so I waspart of the pack, pardon that, that's factI stole, part of a track and started to rap (map the growth)1985 got red top live and it wasten to the decibel, my lifelong pride, so I waspart of the pack, pardon that, that's factI stole, part of a track and started to rap (map the growth)Get live y'all (live y'all) live y'all (live y'all)live y'all (live y'all) live y'all (to the NYC)Get live y'all (live y'all) live y'all (live y'all)live y'all (live y'all) live y'all (live live live)Get five ya'll (five y'all) five ya'll (five y'all)five ya'll (five ya'll, to the Krazy Kings)Get five ya'll (five y'all) five ya'll (five y'all)five ya'll (five y'all) five five fiveTrace back, trace the faces with the same life songDifferent borough, same place, Eddie Murph got RawAfter class, got harassed, bully hurt us allHe tried to, run my Nintendo game in Fulton MallA fighter, that's what you made, now I fight for funI fight for acme lab rat experiment sonPulsate like a Theremin rigged to big drumsSeen, Halloween battles in Brooklyn, eggs and shaving creamWe're gonna spray it on your whole damn team and thenMake the dash laughing bout the whole damn thingWe won, we can laugh about that, cause that's funIn the 80's Deceps took fame (good run)I took a name too, and so it begunAnd wrote raps in my room, sipping Capri sunsIn fact, studied the cadences of Kool Moe Dee and RickPut my name into their rhymes and then practiced itPut my brain pattern on fly and I mastered itDad played jazz when he drank, it's no accidentHands on the piano and make my foot tap to itDifferent path, same love, Dad, thanks for passing it1985 got red top live and it wasten to the decibel, my lifelong pride, so I waspart of the pack, pardon that, that's factI stole, part of a track and started to rap (map the growth)1985 got red top live and it wasten to the decibel, my lifelong pride, so I waspart of the pack, pardon that, that's factI stole, part of a track and started to rap (map the growth)(F F) - A - A - N - N - T - T - T (Remember)A - A - S - S - TTT - I - I (Remember (indelible bankroll)C - C - D - D - A - A - M - M (Remembe)(Place no faith in the majority)AAA - GGG - E - E - E - E (my rhyme is euthanasia)