Bandanna Blues

(look) (cold pavement,

heavy flags)

Every corner got a code Tied in knots you cannot break

Blue folded in the left pocket heavy as stone Step across the

boulevard, never walk alone Red signs across the intersection marking out the

lane

Generations carrying the weight and the strain

Look at how they judge us by the color in the seams

System got us boxed into these broken avenue dreams They treat you

like a villain for the cloth around your head While the blocks

stay divided between blue and the red (yeah,

listen close)

Tied up in the fabric of the neighborhood pride

Judge you by the banner when you're caught outside

Blue on one corner,

red cross the line

Paying for the emblem every single time (every time) Tied to the

sin,

bound to the crew

Look at what a piece of cloth will put you through

Watch the squad cars rolling through the alleyway slow They don't care

about the truth, it's just a label they know

Caught up in the cycle from the cradle to the gate

Hostile across the strip where the rivals stay awake

Opposite colors locking eyes across the light

Everybody guarded on an August night

Bound by the cloth that they handed down below

Reaping every seed that the older heads sow

(it's cold out here)

Tied up in the fabric of the neighborhood pride

Judge you by the banner when you're caught outside

Blue on one corner,

red cross the line

Paying for the emblem every single time (watch your back) Tied to

the sin,

bound to the crew

Look at what a piece of cloth will put you through

Just a strip of cotton,

but it wrote the law

Seen too many fall from what the corners saw

No escape from the colors in the light

Just another warning on a quiet night

(can we ever break the tie?)

Blue flags,

red lines.

Tied to the corner.

(look at what it costs)