Do You Feel It? (Remix)

This is a story of where I was born

No man's land between 115th street and 125th

Everyone today is talking about their barrios or their 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

When we wanted to refresh ourselves

Who needed the ocean?

We had the pump, huh, you remember that giant pump

All we needed was a good, good screwdriver and a can

And we were refreshed

At night the breeze was beautiful

Tar beach, that was our meeting place

Yes I feel it, but I feel it in another way

I feel the pressure that keeps us down

El barrio is a place that's uptown

I feel, I feel all the fear and the hate

Uptown that's the place that poverty abounds

I used to love it there, the place where I was born

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 barrio

I feel it, I feel it in my bones

Gonna search for another, another home

Said I feel it, feel it in my bones

Soon as I can I'll be gone, gone, gone

I feel it yes, I feel it

Where poverty abounds

I feel it, I feel it, gotta get away

Gotta get away, gotta get away, gotta get away, gotta get away