This is a story of where I was born,
no man's land,
it's on 115th street and 125th.
Everyone today is talking about El
Barrio or the ghettos,
about the hard times they had.
We had hard times,
but we had good times too.
I can remember the summer,
summertime was beautiful,
the days were long,
we didn't need any ocean breeze,
to the left we had the Hudson River,
to the right, the East River.
We wanted to refresh ourselves,
we didn't need the ocean,
we had the pump.
Remember that shiny pump?
All we needed was a good,
good screwdriver and a can,
and we were refreshed. At night the
breeze was beautiful,
Tah Beach,
got us all in place.
Yes, I feel it, but I feel it in another way
I feel the pressure that keeps us down
New Philly is a place
that's uptown
New Philly, I feel,
I feel all the fear and the hate
New Philly, uptown,
that's the place that's comedy about
New Philly, I used to love it there,
the place where I was born
New Philly, but somewhere
there's a better place
When I find it, I'll be gone, gone,
gone, gone, gone
My mother was beautiful
Our food was really together
Rice and beans
That's our soul food
With a little cuchi fritos on the side
And for a little dessert
We had mavi
The grooviest tasting drink
you wanna try
Everything was beautiful to me
My querido
My beautiful body.
Do you feel it?
Do you feel it?
Do you feel it?
Do you feel it?
I feel it, I feel it in my bones
Do you feel it?
Gonna search for another, another home
Do you feel it?
Said I feel it, feel it in my bones
Do you feel it?
Soon as I can
I'll be gone, gone, gone
Do you feel it?
I feel it, yes, I feel it
Do you feel it?
Rip off the abounds
Do you feel it?
I feel it, I feel it, gotta get away
Do you feel it?
Gotta get away, gotta get away,
gotta get away, gotta get away
Do you feel it?