[Verse 1: Lushlife] I never subscribed To crosstown beef The baroness of Broad Street Bowling Green, black Folding the sheets Holidng the heat For months Before they flow in the street Eighty-nine, Wise Intelligent Live and unique Or either on the corner Dipped in a polar fleece When all I need is Dime-pieces Zola Jesus All she see is Crime in the city Rhyming and bombing graffiti On the bus Just to catch a rush Lushlife, right Ballad of Heavenly dames with Heavenly frames Rap Henry James Henny drinker With a periwinkle tailor-made Balenciaga suit Penny-loafer, Prada boot Used to rock the Wallabies While cooling out in Xanadu Now I’m into Bacharach Stacks and raps Brill Building tracks Handclaps And spitting it back So when I stay saying Beautiful things Why can’t I live ‘cause (That’s how it is) (How it is)
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[Verse 2: Lushlife] I’m half Herb and Dorothy Vogel Half rap mogul Half modal rap Clap vocals And stack totals It’s Lush Vida la Wonderwheel Coney Island in summer feel The number one stunner In the sun appeal And still always Looking for breaks Or either on the corner Looking for Jake High stakes We looking to make A wild, butter thesis I hope Rammellzee Rest in peace Word to Jesus Or word to whoever motherfuckers The true believe in I hope he’s sitting on Planet Rock And Human League’ing Block party, human leaving Earth I’m guzzling beer And rock a stare Everywhere I look Kilroy’s here Written clear Spitting in the Code of the streets They holding the heat Like the sun That’s looming in the sky Old and unique I speak the pitter-patter Breath of the kids And breath of the Wiz (That’s how it is) (How it is) [Hook] x2