406, 406, 406
[J57]
Yo, I remember climbing those stairs at 16
Came from LI with my crew and some big dreams
406 was a place we called HQ
Met people 'round the world
On the daily and they knew
Feeling like we lost our home
Nowadays either in the lab or on the phone
Everything changed
They saw the heart like a X-Ray
Used to sleep in the DJ booth if I had to open next day
A place where in-stores felt like an oven
If you didn't know the words to the song playin'
You were nothin'
Almost too nervous to walk in for my interview
Come on son you'll murder this
What's gotten into you?
[Soul Khan]
See even though I was a late comer
I had the same hunger
I still look at those days as such a great wonder
At the time that we eventually became brothers
Connected by the records and the way they changed others
I started working at the store in the month of June
Back then they probably thought I was a funny dude
I told Jimmy that I made myself a couple tunes
And hoped to god I had the kinda voice he'd wanna use
I miss all the customers
The sidewalk hustlers
Chilling with the fellas in the deli that was under us
A second home feeling when I walked in the door
sh**, sometimes I even miss mopping the floor
[Hook - Audible Doctor]
Out my window
The seasons shift
Like the breeze blows
The seeds adrift
Though you're gone now
I won't forget
All I learned from
The 406
[Koncept]
You ever have to say goodbye to your dearest friend?
Remembering the day he died wishing he was here again
In closed doors
Those flaws learn to walk and listen
2000 whatever
You're burned get more a missin'
Stop supporting when it's too late
And the draws done
Treat it like the first day you ever met your born son
Not like they never warned us
Just couldn't tell a secret
Really what it comes to just didn't want to believe it
Story after story and record after record
Them boxed uplocker wasn't meant to have an ending
So what can we conclude
This is what it's come to
Our children won't get to see and touch what we once knew
It still feels weird when I walk down 8th street
They peeled down walls
Now that walk feels empty
And don't say you missed it
If your presence was missing
I was there since the beginning and there when it finished
[The Audible Doctor]
I remember being back in Wisconsin checking the back of the wax
Like these are the cats that really made this sh**
Fast forward to 04
When I'm out the door
Made my pilgrimage feeling sick
About to start my first shift
Shout out to Monster for hooking it up
Amore joking that she can't hire me cuz my kick game's f**ed
Shout out to Eclipse
For telling me my music s**ed
It made me work harder he's a big part of why it stuck
I sat upon a perch
And watched the New York scene
I attended all the shows as a VIP
I spoke to the fans and artists about our hopes and dreams
Never really thinking that this moment would leave
I met a lot of my idols and most the cats I work with
I saw the sales decline first hand, it made me sick
All of these things are why I sound like this
If you're a fan of my music thank the 406, the 406
[Hook]