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                                                   it’s still brick
                                                     everywhere in the City
                                                       especially Downtown
                                                              I wrap the next mula
                                                                 for my pocket
                                                                  and catch NYC whip
                                                                 I stop in the Burg
                                                                   inside your bodega
                                                                  I listen to myself for 
                                                                 the first time from the box
                                                                this bop electrifies my brolic
                                                                while I sip hot Regular Coffee
                                                                still waiting for your yerrr
                                                             what’s happening at FiDi
                                                             fuhgeddaboutdit
                                                        I schlep no fronting
                                                       cuz my B is always 
                                                      your word again
                                                      that’s deadass
                                                       the shunts 
                                                        dissenting 
                                                         minorities 
                                                          and deep 
                                                     conflicts out 
                                              of camera range 
                                            I twxt the worlds
                                        from Alphabet City
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