Nas - The Get Down: Episode 3 - Darkness Is Your Candle lyrics

Now on July 13th, 1977 The blackout, streets is lookin' like Armageddon Swelterin' heat, suffocate in this Hell within' the 5 boroughs It's like the Sun roastin' the Earth The hood was called turf, my girl was thrown out of her church Out of her home, and by her family, she's disowned She's the love of my life, up to us to go on And everything's burnin', buildings illuminated by the fire And the city was lost, we tryna save it, the cross The Star of David we lost We started prayin' to governor, he a gangster In cahoots with the mayor, the roof startin' to cave in No, it's not a game, all is dark except the flame Now nothin' will be the same Now the whole world's changed Music is soundin' different Radio stations don't pump us up in their mix yet Disco still gettin' that air time for big checks Yo, somethin' gotta give And somethin' gotta die so somethin' new can live