Life In Marvelous Times Lyrics - The Ecstatic - Mos Def

Bright moments 

Bright moments always come back vivid. 

The fifth great was epic citywide test pressure 

The pre-crack era! 

Mr. Schollmen, what a prick, attitude matches wardrobe, uglier then sin. 

This is Bed Stuy 82' 

9th floor three tiny rooms one view. 

Buck-town, Roosevelt house 

They green grass is green 

Our green grass is brown. 

Shots rang my phone wasn't touch tone 

A heavy beef in the street 

ET had to flee 

Grey heavens! good grief! 

Hungry bellies! 

Bright gold on they teeth! 

The windows on the Ave look like sad eyes 

They fix their sharp gaze on you when you pass by 

And if you dare to stand, you can see em cry 

You can watch em scowl 

Feel them prowl 

Wall and study every inch about you 

Fast math measuring what you amount to 

The laughter, the screams! 

The numeral, the song of Psalms 

The book of dreams! 

Ends don't meet where the arms can't reach 

Mean streets 

Even when its free it ain't cheap. 

On going saga, terminal diagnosis, 

Basic survival requires super heroics. 

No space in the budget for a cake 

It's when you gotta fly by night to save the day 

Crash-landings routinely happen 

Some survive, others never rise from the ashes. 

Watching asphalt and observing the Sabbath. 

Creates an ecstatic and there you have it 

From teenage love 

Praying in tongue 

Strange fruit, batty boots and native drums 

From hence I come 

So here we go 

Signs and wonders all along the road 

Some lies open 

Some lies close 

Some stretchers role with no lies at all. 

Some riders don't know what they riding for 

Hands on the wheel and their mind is gone 

Wherever you ride, whatever your name, 

This raw cold life is a beautiful thing 

And we are alive in amazing times 

Delicate hearts, diabolical minds 

Revelations, hatred, love and war. 

And more and more and more and more 

And more of less than ever before 

It's just too much more for your mind to absorb 

It's scary like hell, but there's no doubt 

We can't be alive in no time but now!