Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Stickman Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge lyrics

I sing Black don't mean I can't afford abstraction Before Pica**o Cubism was my invention White line down the middle And a sign bouncing amber light Says stickmen to the left Cyclists to the right At the base of the bridge it's 9:53 At the peak the North American flag Over the constant drones of cars My thoughts ride on the back Of a seagull In a Fly duffel bag Kingdom hall to my left BQE to my right Brooklyn in the middle In the middle, in the middle When the amber light breaks ranks I rise Above the cars The concrete gives way to broad walk planks The old fashioned white bulbs become my stars I stop a second to feel the broad walks vibration The tremor shakes me into contemplation On the Manhattan bridge to my left A train is a dotted line of lights Injecting itself into Brooklyn With ease and power and deft I try to lose myself in blind bliss But knowledge won't leave me Won't throw me a parting kiss Ahh, the beauty in that clay tone I could have married her for her hands alone Cars go thradup, thradup over The seam that holds the bridge together Angled cables and pink pipelines swoop Up to meet the luge brick tower I've been walking an hour Courtesy of the clock on the watchtower I'm stickman alone in my loss Can't you see I¡m going crazy Over the posibilitiee Of freedom I just wanna be, let me be Schizophrenic me Maybe, just mayby I don't need to get to the other side Jump? and hasten my pa**age to hell? That reminds me of a story my Stickdaddy used to tell me He said, if you wanna be a super hero Start form ground zero Superman flies from ground to sky Don't be so quick to wish this world Ba-bye Besides, can't stand being suspended In the air Not since action park bungee jumping No, I'm too arrogant for suicides snare At my worst the world still needs my saving I step off the I-beam and sing Black don't afford abstractions Look me in the eye You'll see surrealistic reflections