Charles & Eddie - NYC lyrics

Charles & Eddie

N.Y.C

I was hanging out on Joy's front steps

It was the summer of love

We were in New York City

Vibe was cool with the radio on

I think it was Sly singing &quotQue Sera Sera&quot

My mother kept saying you're wastin' your life

Sittin' here watching the world go by

Why don't you guys get out there and do something

We did, we became brothers that night

Sharing our lives over a bottle of Ide's

But that was fine with me

There was some kind of riot on the lower

East Side

Some rich man shot some homeless guy

He thought he was being robbed

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You can hear him say…

Can you believe this city

Didn't get much sleep staying out all night

Soul kitchen was hoppin'

We'd sneak in the side and dance

Smash was spinnin' some whack new song

We was all snappin' hard on his moms

But he was cool

That shit was funky

That shit was funky

Teachers were quittin' their jobs by the ton

Every kid in the school was totin' a gun

And they were just too scared

You can hear them say…

Can you believe this city

Ran into C on the E train

Had a brand new copy of Marvin Gaye's

&quotTrouble Man&quot I couldn't help thinkin' coming home that day

Is it New York City or back to L.A.