Satellite

[Intro]

I've lived in a lot of different hoods I've called home

Made lots of different observations

[Verse 1]

When I walk around my hood I see

Smiles

Different styles

People getting loud

Inches turned to miles

Hungry mouths

Waddup money buddy pal

People under crowns

People under clouds

People ‘round

People runnin wild

When I walk around my hood I see

Dogs cats birds

People going to work

They’ll do that and worse for the last word

Might have heard

Lots of peoplе wallowing in hurt

Lots of people following the hеrd

When I walk around my hood I see

Fat burners on brick walls

As fat burn

Fast learners that break laws

Block regulars in the same place on different days

Latter-day saints catching rays

When I walk around my hood I see

Tree-lined aves

Weeds and grass

Fast cash from weed, trees, grass

Gracias

Seen a kid holding a wheelie on a bike without a front tire

While wearing a backpack

Sneakers on a black wire

[Chorus]

Elmhurst

Satellite

Sunset

Satellite

Lower East

Satellite

Satellite Satellite

Uptown

Satellite

Sunnyside

Satellite

Sutphin

Satellite Satellite

[Verse 2]

When I walk around my hood I see

Broken hopes

Smoking dope

Eyes looking comatose

People online for an okey doke

Joy, art

Beauty manifesting out the madness it's a blessing just to take part

When I walk around my hood I see

Buses and trains

Brothers that train like Clubber Lang

Trying to get a shot

Trying to find a spot

Myriad ingredients for flavoring the melting pot

Busy running around around the clock

When I walk around my hood I see

The brightest and the best

And cars with speakers in the back

Enough to give you cardiac arrest

Look

I do confess that playing it by the book

Will have you on the hook for nothing more and nothing less

When I walk around my hood I see

Churches

Without the piety

Every variety of this and that to purchase

Flags

People flag down cabs

Lots of moving parts popping

Shopping carts of can-filled bags

[Chorus]

Elmhurst

Satellite

Sunset

Satellite

Lower East

Satellite

Satellite Satellite

Uptown

Satellite

Sunnyside

Satellite

Sutphin

Satellite Satellite

[Verse 3]

When I walk around my hood I see

Laughter and debate

And lots of ads

And posture saying “not-so-fast”

When I walk around my hood I see

Lots of Jordans

I do admit such uniformity’s exceptionally boring

When I walk around my hood I see

Laws

Not too many lawnmowers

Effect and cause and corner stores

When I walk around my hood I see

Jedis and padawans

FedEx and Amazon

When I walk around my hood I see

The spectrum of the matter that exists

Lots of black lives matter fists

Not that that matter’s fixed

Recruiters saying "hi" not worried if I die when I enlist and water From the fire hydrant mist

What a mix

It can’t be recreated in a pic

It can’t be recreated in a flick

Or in a gif

What you see is not as much as what you missed

But what a gift that what you see is what you get

[Chorus]

Elmhurst

Satellite

Sunset

Satellite

Lower East

Satellite

Satellite Satellite

Uptown

Satellite

Sunnyside

Satellite

Sutphin

Satellite Satellite