Respiration
Respiration

Respiration easy guitar chords by Black Star, Common

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Escúchala, la ciudad 
    respirando 

    Verse 2
    The new 
    moon 
    rode 
    high 
    in 
    the crown 
    of the metropolis 


    Shining, 
    like who 
    on top 
    of this? 

    People 
    was 
    tussling, 

    arguing 
    and bustling 

    Gangstas of Gotham 
    hardcore 

    hustling 

    I'm wrestling 
    with 
    words 
    and ideas 

    My 
    ears is 
    pricked, 

    seeking 
    what 
    will transmit 

    The scribes 
    can apply 
    to 
    transcript, 

    yo 

    This ain't 
    no time 
    where 

    the usual 
    is suitable 

    Tonight 
    alive, 
    let's describe 
    the 

    inscrutable 

    The indisputable, 

    we 
    New 
    York the 
    narcotic 

    Draped 
    in metal 
    and fiber 

    optics 

    Where mercenaries 
    is paid 

    to trade 
    hot 
    stock 
    tips 

    For 
    profits, 
    thirsty 
    criminals 

    take 
    pockets 

    Hard knuckles 
    on 
    the second 
    hands 

    of working 
    class 
    watches 

    Skyscrapers 
    is colossus, 

    the cost 
    of living 
    is preposterous 

    Stay 
    alive, 
    you play 
    or die, 
    no options, 

    no Batman 
    and Robin 

    Can't tell 
    between 
    the cops 
    and 
    the robbers, 

    they both 
    partners, 
    they all 
    heartless 

    With no 
    conscience, 

    back 
    streets 
    stay 
    darkened 

    Where unbeliever 
    hearts 

    stay 
    hardened 

    My eagle 
    talons 
    stay 
    sharpened, 

    like city 
    lights 
    stay 
    throbbing 

    You either 
    make 
    a way 

    or stay 
    sobbing 

    The shiny 
    Apple 
    is bruised 
    but 

    sweet 
    and if 
    you choose 
    to 
    eat 

    You 
    could lose 
    your teeth, 

    many 
    crews 
    retreat 

    Nightly 
    news 
    repeat, 

    who got 
    shot 
    down and 
    locked 
    down 

    Spotlight 
    to savages, 

    NASDAQ averages 

    My narrative 
    rose 
    to 
    explain 

    this 
    existence 

    Amidst 
    the harbor 
    lights 
    which 

    Verse 3
    remain 
    in 
    the distance 

    So 
    much on 
    my mind 
    that 

    I can't 
    recline 

    Blastin' 
    holes 
    in 
    the night 

    'til she 
    bled 
    sunshine 

    Breathe 
    in, 
    inhale 
    vapors 
    from 

    bright stars 
    that shine 

    Breathe 
    out, 
    weed 
    smoke 

    retrace 
    the 
    skyline 

    Heard 
    the bass 
    ride 
    out 
    like an 

    ancient 
    mating 
    call 

    I can't 
    take 
    it y'all, 

    I can feel 
    the city 
    breathing 

    Chest 
    heaving, 

    against 
    the flesh 
    of 
    the evening 

    Sigh 
    before 
    we die 
    like 
    the last 

    train 
    leaving 

    Verse 4
    Breathin' 
    in deep 
    city 
    breaths, 

    sittin' 
    on shitty 
    steps 

    We stoop 
    to new 
    lows, 

    hell 
    froze 
    the night 
    the city 
    slept 

    The 
    beast crept 
    through concrete 

    jungles 

    Communicatin' 
    with one 
    another 

    And ghetto 
    birds 
    where 
    waters fall 

    From 
    the hydrants 
    to 
    the gutters 

    The beast 
    walk 
    the beats, 

    but 
    the beats 
    we be 
    makin 

    You 
    on the wrong 
    side of 
    the track, 

    lookin 
    visibly 
    shaken 

    Taken 
    them plungers, 

    plungin' 
    to death 
    that's painted 
    by 
    the numbers 

    With 
    Krylon applied 
    pressure, 

    cats 
    is playin 
    God 

    By havin' 
    children 
    by 
    a lesser 

    baby 
    mother 
    but fuck 
    it 

    We played 
    against 
    each other 
    like puppets, 

    swearin' 
    you 
    got pull 

    When 
    the only 
    pull you 
    got 

    is the wool 
    over your 
    eyes 

    Gettin' 
    knowledge 
    in jail 
    like 

    a blessing 
    in disguise 

    Look in 
    the skies 
    for God, 

    what 
    you see 
    besides 
    the smog 

    Is broken 
    dreams 
    flying 
    away 
    on the 

    wings 
    of the 
    obscene 

    Thoughts 
    that people 
    put 
    in the 
    air 

    Places 
    where you 
    could get 
    murdered 

    over 
    a glare 

    But everything 
    is fair 

    It's a paradox 
    we call 
    reality 

    So keepin' 
    it 
    real will 
    make you 

    casualty 
    of abnormal 
    normality 

    Killers 
    Born 
    Naturally 
    like, 

    Mickey 
    and Mallory 

    Not knowing 
    the 
    ways'll get 
    you capped 

    like an 
    NBA salary 

    Some cats 
    be 
    emceeing to illustrate 

    what we 
    be seeing 

    Hard to be 
    a spiritual 
    being 
    when shit 

    is shakin' 
    what 
    you believe 
    in 

    For trees 
    to grow 
    in Brooklyn, 

    seeds 
    need to 
    be planted 

    I'm asking 
    if 
    y'all feel 
    me and 

    the crowd 
    left 
    me stranded 

    My blood 
    pressure 
    boiled 
    and 
    rose, 

    cause 
    New York niggas 

    Actin 
    spoiled 
    at shows, 

    to the 
    winners 
    the spoils 
    go 

    I take 
    the L, 
    transfer 
    to the 

    2, head to the 
    gates 

    New 
    York 
    life 
    type 

    Verse 5
    trife the Roman 
    Empire 
    state 

    So 
    much on 
    my mind 
    that 

    can't 
    recline 

    Blastin' 
    holes 
    in 
    the night 

    'til she 
    bled 
    sunshine 

    Breathe 
    in, 
    inhale 
    vapors 
    from 

    bright stars 
    that shine 

    Breathe 
    out, 
    weed 
    smoke 

    retrace 
    the skyline 

    Heard 
    the bass 
    ride 
    out 
    like an 

    ancient 
    mating 
    call 

    I can't 
    take 
    it y'all, 

    I can feel 
    the city 
    breathing 

    Chest 
    heaving, 

    against 
    the flesh 
    of 
    the evening 

    Sigh 
    before 
    we 
    die 
    like 
    the last 
    train 
    leaving 

    Yo, 
    Verse 6

    on 
    The Amen, 

    Corner 
    stood 
    lookin 
    at my 
    former 
    hood 

    Felt 
    the spirit 
    in 
    the 
    wind, 

    knew 
    my 
    friend 
    was 
    gone 
    for 
    good 

    Threw 
    dirt 
    on 
    the casket, 
    the 
    hurt, 

    couldn't 
    mask 
    it 

    Mixin' 
    down 
    emotions, 

    struggle 
    I hadn't 
    mastered 

    choreograph seven 
    steps 
    to 
    heaven 

    In 
    hell, 
    waiting 
    to 
    exhale 
    and 

    make 
    the 
    bread 
    leaven 

    Veteran 
    of 
    a cold 
    war 
    It's 

    Chica- 
    I- 
    go 
    for 

    What 
    know 
    or, 
    what's 
    known 

    So 
    some 
    days 
    I take 
    the 
    bus 
    home, 

    just 
    to 
    touch 
    home 

    From 
    the 
    crib 
    I spend 
    months 
    gone 

    Sat 
    by 
    the 
    window 
    with 
    a clutched 
    dome 

    listenin' 
    to 
    shorties cuss 
    long 

    Young 
    girls 
    with 
    weak 
    minds, 

    but 
    they 
    bust 
    strong 

    Tried 
    to call, 
    or 
    at least 
    beep 
    the 
    Lord, 

    but 
    didn't 
    have 
    a touch- 
    tone 

    It's 
    a dog- 
    eat- 
    dog 
    world, 

    you gotta 
    mush 
    on 

    Some 
    of 
    this land 
    I must 
    own 

    Outta 
    the 
    city, 
    they 
    want 
    us 
    gone 

    Tearin' 
    down 
    the 
    'jects 

    creatin' plush 
    homes 

    My 
    circumstance 
    is 
    between 

    Cabrini and Love 
    Jones 

    Surrounded 
    by 
    hate, 
    yet 
    love 
    home 

    Ask 
    my 
    guy 
    how 
    he 
    thought 

    travellin' 
    the 
    world 
    sound 

    Found 
    it 
    hard 
    to 
    imagine 
    he 
    hadn't 

    been 
    past 
    downtown 

    It's 
    deep, 
    heard the 
    city 

    breathe 
    in 
    its sleep 

    A reality 
    touch, 

    but 
    for 
    me 
    it's 
    hard 
    to keep 

    Deep, 
    I heard 
    my 
    man 

    breathe 
    in his 
    sleep 

    A reality 
    touch, 

    but 
    for 
    me 
    it's 
    hard 
    to keep 

    Verse 7
    So 
    much 
    on my 
    mind 
    that 

    I can't 
    recline 

    Blastin' 
    holes 
    in 
    the night 
    'til 

    she 
    bled 
    sunshine 

    Breathe 
    in, 
    inhale 
    vapors 
    from 

    bright 
    stars 
    that 
    shine 

    Breathe 
    out, 

    weed 
    smoke 
    retrace 
    the 
    skyline 

    How 
    the bass 
    ride 
    out 
    like 

    an 
    ancient 
    mating 
    call 

    can't 
    take 
    it 
    y'all, 

    can 
    feel 
    the city 
    breathing 

    Chest 
    heaving, 

    against 
    the flesh 
    of 
    the 
    evening 

    Kiss 
    the 
    eyes 
    goodbye 
    I'm 
    on 
    the last 
    train 

    Outro 1
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