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OK, I'm no rapper, I'm more of a ballad/jazz/blues guy. Recently, however, I heard a musical piece (piano with a techno beat) on Ohm Studio, and it "slapped me upside the head yo"! Seriously, this one was BEGGING for a rap lyric, so I jumped on it. This one is called "The Downtown Run", a tale of a thug who rides the subways and robs/kills victims. I hope you'll give it a listen on Soundcloud to really get a feel for it. The chorus is particularly interesting with a "falsetto" voice in the left channel and a female italian vocal in the right.....Enjoy!


The Downtown Run
Copyright 2013 Chris Munson

Verse 1

Riding on the train,
thinkin' of the day,
that I left behind,
Wait! Never mind!

Second stop ahead
Watching all the dead
Standing there,
with the Droids in their hands,
and they gotta phone home

Gotta phone home,
But nobody's there,
So they all alone,
All alone,
Unknown, in a dead zone

Exit on the walk,
Hearing all the talk,
From the people there,
Life, it isn't fair

Businessman with his Rolex
gleaming in the sun,
Gotta have some fun,
Gotta have some.....fun.....

On The Downtown Run...
I got my hatin'
and the platin'
on my nickel silver gun....

It's just another one,
Another killin'
in the midday sun


Chorus

So many people are dying for nothing,
what can we do?
Because of people who've lost,
their way......


(Music Interlude)


Verse 2


Now's another day,
nobody in my way,
in the last line,
and I'm feeling fine;

Bum in the rear seat,
Looking pretty beat,
and he's hopped up,
on Ripple wine....

Hop, hop, hop, ripple...
De-grees of the day are going triple...

Up ahead, old lady there,
trying not to stare,
like my head's wrapped,
In underwear

I'm looking at her purse
With the clasp undone
Gonna have some fun,
Gonna have some.....fun.....

On The Downtown Run...
I got my hatin'
and the platin'
on my nickel silver gun....

It's just another one,
Another wasted
in the afternoon sun

Chorus

So many people are dying for nothing,
what can we do?
Because of people who've lost,
their way......


(Music Interlude)


On The Downtown Run
It's where I'm gonna,
Where I'm gonna,
Have my fun,
I'm on it, I'm on it, I'm on it,
The Downtown Run