The Ave

I be a patient man waiting for the rain to come down
 My feet touch the ground but my heads in the clouds
 I be Prometheus Brown stealing the fire outta heaven
 The setting is several city blocks off the 71 stop
 I walk about the district, distracted by
 the decadent madness of all the undergrads and addicts,
 club rats, heads, space cadets and pragmatics
 One of the few places that they coexist on the planet
 Whatever happened to the avenue before the summer of 2002
 Lounging with crew on 42nd
 My how time flies when we're waiting for the chariot
 Eating vegan sandwiches with cannabis subtracting our sobriety
 Pondering society itself
 He's eyeing me like I ain't gonna bring it to his health
 He don't want it, 'cause certainly he knows he's just another
 Sucker without his fraternity brothers to back him up
 Campus Parkway up to 41st 42nd 43rd 45th and up to 47th
 To the edge of the bubble, while delinquents they laugh, saying
 Fuck class, get your education on The Ave
 Campus Parkway up to 41st 42nd 43rd 45th and up to 47th
 To the edge of the bubble, while delinquents they laugh, saying
 Cut class, get your education on The Ave
 I be a patient man, waiting and checking for the sound
 Of potential break records up at Second Time Around
 In fact, we made this track from a sample we jacked,
 From some vinyl we dug up out of the crates on The Ave
 Rats escape the lab infestations in all
 There be cracks on the sidewalk made from the fall
 A natty dreadlock strumming on his broken guitar
 Singing Babylon Fall outside of the bookstore
 I purchased a journal in which the verses I recite, reside
 I write vividly to capture the vibe,
 I'm like 'Hey kid, walk straight, master your high
 If you listen you can hear the eye of the city cry'
 The sound is often drowned by hollerin' scholars
 Intoxicated so save it for the coffee shop philosophers
 The so-called artists, the poets and the prophets
 Scenery is changin', and nobody can stop it.
 Campus Parkway, up to 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 45th, and up to 47th
 To the edge of the bubble, while delinquents they laugh, saying
 Fuck class, get your education on The Ave!
 Campus Parkway, up to 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 45th, and up to 47th
 To the edge of the bubble, while delinquents they laugh, saying
 Cut class, get your education on The Ave!
 Walking to the 71, to the 72 to downtown...