A Matter of Degree

Song Link: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7096456 A Matter of Degree Copyright Corinne Curcio April 27, 2008 Oil slick rainbows on asphalt streets But no pot of gold waits at the end Unless you make sure you don't ignore An enemy or a friend Abdul's drivin' his cab down the highway With Walt Whitman sitting in the back A Red Tailed Hawk flies over Prospect Park While Hassidim are fashionable in black Brooklyn, City of Churches Where saints and sinners agree A strong conviction Is a benediction It's all a matter of degree Mermaids wandering on Surf Avenue Call Coney Island home But Steeplechase, The Funny Place Was torn down ages ago Senor Sanchez calls from his bodega "Play Lotto - You may change your luck" Or enter hell at the Galaxy Motel Where crack whores will blow you for a buck Brooklyn, City of Dreams Where losers and winners decree A bad-ass attitude Ain't considered rude It's all a matter of degree Hopscotch girls and skateboard boys In liberal/racist all kind of faces neighborhood Culture and crime, if you fall or you climb You learn to take the bad with the good Brooklyn, City of Churches Where saints and sinners agree A strong conviction Is a benediction It's all a matter of degree