Annakin Slayd Shaughnessy Village
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm gonna take a walk around my neighbourhood
Shaughnessy Village
I walk down round Shaughnessy Village
Watch a crackhead chat with the pigeons
Saying I won't live my whole life lying down
I passed by that hopeless Native
I overheard him saying
They've turned my whole planet upside down
Stalwart's dropping universal music with an East Coast vibe
Take a walk around the block to meet the beast close by
I know the only way to go is with the flow
But sometimes you gotta stop and listen, look around take note
I see an old black lady on a cold corner
On a sidewalk one block from the old forum
She holds a plastic baby toy with a twisted spine
Like it reminds her of something that she left behind
I see her wipe the snow off her make shift bed
Looking at the doll I could overhear what she said
She said, sometimes I smile, sometimes there's tears
But in my heart I know time wounds all heels
We walk right past these crime scenes time after time
Now I feel like Gil Scott spittin' rhyme after rhyme
Yeah, this right here is my own little odyssey
Rhymin' around my neighborhood, c'mon walk with me
I walk down round Shaunessey Village
Watch a crackhead chat with the pigeons
Saying I won't live my whole life lying down
I pass by that hopeless Native
I overheard him saying
They've turned my whole planet upside down
Thinking why does it have to be like this?
If only I could rewrite this, now
Feel like Admiral Adama, jumping from drama
Hope we ain't mistaken when we pump up Obama
I see an old Native man on the cold corner
On a sidewalk one block from the old forum
On the asphalt flat, in his lap sits an Atlas
As if he's dreaming of getting away from the madness
He said I ain't trying to save this soul, man
I'm just trying to brave this cold, man
Can still hear the sounds of the school shooting
In the place it's quite clear who's winning and who's losing
I wonder how it we got to near 15 kills
And if we know how to stop the next Kimveer Gill
In Shaughnessy village trying to keep relevance
I'm just a pedestrian passing by these pink elephants
I walk down round Shaughnessy Village
Watch a crackhead chat with the pigeons
Saying I won't live my whole life lying down
I pass by that hopeless Native
I overheard him saying
They've turned my whole planet upside down
Yeah right here in Shaughnessy
That's where the drama be
Where we turn your smile right upside down
Yeah right here in Shaughnessy
Saying why's it gotta be
They turned my whole planet upside down
Yeah, I'm gonna take a walk around my neighbourhood.
Shaughnessy Village. Where my music is my best friend and my conscience
is my worst enemy.
Yeah right here in Shaughnessy
That's where the drama be
Where we turn your smile right upside down
Yeah right here in Shaughnessy
Saying why's it gotta be
They turned my whole planet upside down
