Subway Surfing Lyrics - Talib Kweli

Subway 

Subway surfing 

New York City 

Okay let's go 

Getting Up 

Shout out to Marc Ecko 

Talib Kweli 

It's confidential 

[Talib Kweli Verse 1]: 

Yo-- I come from a two fare zone it seem like 

Just yesterday I had to take the 2 and the 5 to the Junction and walk the rest of the way 

You can catch a bus with a transfer 

But waiting for that surface transit is a bitch 

I avoid it like a cancer 

I'm heavy in the streets like crack in New York in '86 

I was riding the A with the R in my walk man 

With thieves and 'lo-lifes I can tell you stories of fighting for my glory on the subway like the Warriors 

Young mans rights of passage 

Through the belly of the beast 

With the working classes, homeless and the purse snatchers 

We used to hop and never drop a token over the turnstiles Edward Moses 

And run from the cops like Jesse Owens 

Tracks stars riding in between the cars 

The Bronx and Queens don't seem that far 

Looking at the map cause every single Ave we rep' 

The people don't look at each other 

They starin' straight ahead 

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On the Subway 

Subway Surfing 

Subway Move On 

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[Rakim Verse 1]: 

I used to roll through the hood, a good ride 

Keep my mental entertained 

And find higher thoughts 

Past levels never seen 

Any cost through New York's five boroughs on the train 

Subway 

Iron horse 

Slash ghetto limousine 

Back when hip hop was just bubblin' in 3-D 

That's when a metropolis was covered in graffiti 

More color than TV 

Just watchin' while ridin' through the metropolitan rock a 

And came to a brother easy 

Bucktown to Uptown 

Under and above ground 

To my words feel like we off surface 

Rap flow like the trains 

Give you sidewalk service 

Ride the track to the 3rd rail soft-circuit 

Strong Isle the LIR, Ozone Park, A Train, BK, East New York 

MTA Harlem One Two Fifth (125th) to get off then take the 4 5 or the 6 to the streets of the Bronx 

Come on 

Subway 

Subway Surfing 

Subway Move On 

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Subway Move On 

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Subway Surfing 

Subway Move On 

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[Rakim Verse 2]: 

Check it out 

We call it subway surfing 

A thug stay swerving 

To the earth end 

Through the suburbs it's straight urban 

B boy with the ghetto appeal it's workin' 

Ladies lookin' lovely in the subway 

Flirtin' 

Money makin' Manhattan 

Do or Die Bed Sty 

Brownsville never ran never will-- let's ride 

The strong island or the isle's of Shaolin 

Or the boogie down Bronx NY 

[Talib Kweli Verse 2]: 

I put my finger to the wind to see if a train comin' soon 

It's rush hour we pack 'em in until there ain't enough room 

Or through the tombs riding under the surfaces 

It's a spray paint alternative it's Getting Up with Uni markers and permanent 

I was more than your average straphanger 

You gon' know what my name is when I bang it with a piece so ill that it'll make the papers 

Before the era of gaming 

These people did it for real 

No controllers 

Riskin' life and limb to get famous 

Subway 

Subway 

Subway Move On 

Subway 

Subway 

Subway Surfin'