BR and TIMEBOMB Empire State of Mind Jay-Z Alicia Keys Cover

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BR and TIMEBOMB - "Empire State of Mind" (Jay-Z Alicia Keys Cover)
Saturday May 8, 2010 BR and TIMEBOMB at Kenny's Castaways, 157
Bleecker St. New York, NY
Footage by Andrew Romulo for Eventrix Prod.
Shanelle D. Jenkins - trumpet
Karnage - guitar
Stacy Beatty Jr. - bass
Olivia Martinez - violin
Jibrail Nor - drums
BR - vocals

We aint got alot of money
Our skies aint sunny
We might crack a smile but aint a damn thing funny
Our kids need things we struggle to try to afford
We used to live by the sword, now we're tight with The Lord
I grew up on the bad blocks, gunshots and crack rocks
shoplift, slap box and dash from the cops
The passion I got for the place I call home
It's the heart of my people, the only love I ever known
aint no love for the mayor, the governor or the knicks
We got honor and integrity, we got love for the kids
so don't claim it if you cant maintain it, you not the real
if you wasn't representin it before you got a deal
It's time for the fake shit to fade out
You think the world is your oyster? City is your playground?
Nah, we stay down, down for the cause
but New York City aint the same town that it was

(Chorus)

I remember Monday morning, moms saying
not to touch the chalk and shell casings on the floor
on your way out the door
goin down the wrong street and gettin chased by a dog
and the OGs would get drunk all day by the store
and that one dude always dressed like a sail boat captain
your house or car get robbed and they'll know what happened
but might not tell ya though
It's been said before
the streets is watching but speaks hardly ever though
I remember four kids on two bikes
and a gun aimed at my stomach
It wasn't a pretty sight
If you seen Jurasssic Park, that was what it was really like
so I cant relate when brothers be actin sadity like
it's some project runway or a red carpet
Let's get off that, that aint where the hearts at
this is New York shit
We persevere even though the mayor lies about the rate of murder here
They can falsify statistics and pretty up Manhattan
but any real NYer should sorta know what really happen
in this filthy, nasty, snake infested, rat intestine swampland, gutter town but we hold it down in

(Chorus)

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• Alicia
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• Empire
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• Castaways
• live concert

[acarouselofantics]

very nice cover

[PickledBeast]

you just gained a fan

[hebrew95]

agreed tsunin66

[tsunin66]

damn she's got some pipes, nice cover guys one of the best I've seen :)

[krinklemano]

ive seen yall at Bowery and Union Square, nice stuff