Nu York City (1988)

New York City takes hold of memory        
Steals souls for felony                                    
Shoots up on borrowed time                                          
Mainlines kick ass                                            
and the side dish grime                    

Pimps step to the streetlight jibe
Moonwalk grease and the backhand bribe
For forensic sex investigation
Hooker lockdown
Washington Street Station

Tyre rubber scars and screw you,
Devil heats fires and out flew
Vinnie’s pizzas in the half-light
Baseball bat receiving
Dents in the after fight

And Joe, didn’t you know?
You reap even if you don’t sow
Paradise doesn’t get sketched on greasy walls
Wealth sits at liberty’s feet
And it’s not taking calls

Tragic it might be
But we got solution, see
Unsheath knives in alleyway sigh
Take just a blink
As lives flash by

A stripper’s heart is an achievement
Tends a land for bereavement
Cause this city will serve you up in line
Gun barrel sighting you for a
Nu York City shrine