The Get Down: Episode 3 - Darkness Is Your Candle

Now on July 13th, 1977

The blackout, streets is lookin' like Armageddon

Swelterin' heat, suffocate in this Hell within' the 5 boroughs

It's like the Sun roastin' the Earth

The hood was called turf, my girl was thrown out of her church

Out of her home, and by her family, she's disowned

She's the love of my life, up to us to go on

And everything's burnin', buildings illuminated by the fire

And the city was lost, we tryna save it, the cross

The Star of David we lost

We started prayin' to governor, he a gangster

In cahoots with the mayor, the roof startin' to cave in

No, it's not a game, all is dark except the flame

Now nothin' will be the same

Now the whole world's changed

Music is soundin' different

Radio stations don't pump us up in their mix yet

Disco still gettin' that air time for big checks

Yo, somethin' gotta give

And somethin' gotta die so somethin' new can live