To think that we make up These buildings and their struggles These animated ways Of overcoming
To think that as we wake Shook violently Our buildings but entrenched In the barrage of becoming
I’d like to call the stakes The structure of consent As for why We never could collaborate
Heavy-hearted from the motion Of sleeper cells and preconditions We carry our hometowns As fractures in our spines
We carry our hometowns As fractures in our spines
I’d like to call the city To quote in my defense My presence in the context of Things it never wanted
Heavy headed from the blast beats Of inner city refurbishing We carry our hometowns
We carry our hometowns As fractures in our spines We carry our hometowns As fractures in our spines My numb legs Can’t carry me Over fences, can’t keep up