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“NYC Observation” is about people in the upper middle class wanting even more than they have, while not noticing or taking into account the homeless people that are lining cities’ streets. (New york being a prime example of this)
[Verse 1]
Living in proximity of a dollar
Trying to get ahead of the pack
But you never learned, you never got it did ya?
How to glide past people sleeping on the sidewalk
Dreaming about stepping over something to bite on
Feeling pretty weak and you need something to rely on
Something you can’t find in a store
[Verse 2]
New York City observation
Is it a swan song wildly ahead of itself?
But you never listened to the music did ya?
Talk so loud you don’t hear other people’s problems
Trying not to look, you’re not the person to solve them
“Waste it all on booze”, we all need something to revolve on
Something that you can’t afford
[Verse 3]
K2 sales are gaining and they ain’t gonna drop, no
Big Boy was the scene of the crime
Fenced unfinished condo beats a pissed soak curb
Yeah, it smells like burning plastic but it comes from a rock
Now, shelter curfew is passed, looks like tonight you got locked out
Good a place as any to lay low and stay clocked out
Some things you just can’t ignore
NYC Observation was written by AUSTN & Sean Yeaton & Max Savage & A. Savage.
NYC Observation was produced by Danger Mouse.
Parquet Courts released NYC Observation on Fri May 18 2018.
A. Savage via NPR:
One of my favorite songs on the record for sure, this song is about living in New York and having to witness poverty on daily basis. More so, it’s about the sort of ethical exercise you have to go through to walk past it. Poverty is a type of violence. We used to have a practice...