Upper West - West Side Stories [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

You could hate, listen, love or ignore me

But buckle up for my west side story

Where do we go from here...

Grew up on seven second, moved up to 87th

We rep that city where we saw the smoke on 9/11

Just kids in second grade, or maybe third it was

But either way that day we really saw what murder was

You ever of us? This city I reside

Grew up on fields of grass and gravel down on riverside

That's where I learned to dream

On top that rock I'd sing

I told me dad one day I'd grow up to become a King!

I said I'm living now, cuz we all die later

Hey dad look up one day, you'll see me on that skyscraper

See I was 6 years old, when I learned to tie my laces

So I could walk my city's streets and

See the different faces

Made up of every color, mixed in with every race

No matter where I am in life I won't forget this place

When people grow up fast, the teenage dream is different

Cuz kids will tell you that they hear you, but they never listen

I see that Hudson River

That murky water looking perfect

With the stat of Liber-Tee

That's NYC, east or west or battery

Man that's where I have to be

Just hop up on that 2 or 3

Express to Soho, man I love that downtown

Just like a yo-yo, when I leave I'll just come back around

These are my stomping grounds, and they always will be

This city made me just exactly what I am today

It's where our hearts belong

They'll always sing this song

Where do we go from here... hey, hey

I said I'm from the west!

Side of this busy city

Where people never rest

Stay focused on the pretty

Lights of the skyline, I tread the high-line

The seconds fly by in the NY, that's NY-time

I feel the air with every single breath I take

These streets under me with every single step I make

I said for heaven's sake, just take us back one day

Whether in spirit, souls, or dreams make it happen someway

Back against the grass we're staring at the summer night

Baby just relax and let this moment come to life

I'm looking straight up from the lawn, I'm gone, and feel the rush

Could never see a star but I know this city's filled with us

I am forever grateful, for all you've given me

These endless possibilities and now I'm living free

And when I thought this city had no sympathy

I saw that every day's a treat and every night's a symphony

I swear I love this sound, this light, this air, this ground

That's why I say it proud when people ask of my hometown

No matter where we go from here, or where we may reside

Just know that all our stories started on the West Side!

It's where our hearts belong

They'll always sing this song

Where do we go from here... hey, hey