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{{Infobox Lostwave | {{Infobox Lostwave | ||
|Box = | |Box = BoxRed | ||
|ShowBox = Yes | |ShowBox = Yes | ||
|Name = Bronx Stories | |Name = Bronx Stories | ||
|Image = Bronx Stories.png | |Image = Bronx Stories.png | ||
|Caption = | |Caption = | ||
|Alt_name = | |Alt_name = | ||
|Genre = | |Genre = Hip-Hop | ||
|Length = 2:48 | |Length = 2:48 | ||
|Year = 1993-1994 | |Year = 1993-1994 | ||
|OP = Da Cream Hunter | |OP = Da Cream Hunter | ||
|Search_started = January 22, 2019 | |Search_started = January 22, 2019 | ||
|Media = | |Media =BronxStories.mp3 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Bronx Stories''' is an unidentified rap song. It | '''Bronx Stories''' is an unidentified rap song uploaded to YouTube in 2019 by user Da Cream Hunter. It was produced by DJ Danny Dan The Beatman in 1993 or 1994 and was recorded in the Bronx, New York. | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
On January 22, 2019, the song was first uploaded to YouTube by user Da Cream Hunter, who claimed that it was a demo cassette recorded in the Bronx between 1993 and 1994 and produced by Danny Dan The Beatman.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAC0PATZLww</ref> | |||
On February 23, 2024, the song's sample was identified by user AttentottenPotentaten as Happy Ever After by Enoch Light and The Brass Menagerie.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAC0PATZLww&lc=Ugz9K_xXqLI_axkS-Jp4AaABAg.9aU4NX8zrRFA0B21tnwNU9</ref> | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
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|'''Presumed Lyrics''' | |'''Presumed Lyrics''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
Yo | |'''(Intro)''' | ||
Yo, | |||
God damn | |||
God damn, another day | |||
Yo, anyway | Yo, anyway | ||
'''(Verse 1)''' | |||
Early one morning I woke up yawning | Early one morning I woke up yawning | ||
Lost in the daze, a maze of brainstorming | Lost in the daze, a maze of brainstorming | ||
Deja vu, a scene from a wet dream | Deja vu, a scene from a wet dream | ||
The birds, the trees, some beam, and then I heard a scream | The birds, the trees, some beam, and then I heard a scream | ||
And then a slap, boom bap | And then a slap, boom bap | ||
Oh yeah I know the flavor | Oh yeah I know the flavor | ||
I expect domestic violence from my neighbors | I expect domestic violence from my neighbors | ||
The same routine what I mean no damn good | The same routine what I mean no damn good | ||
Sacrifice a beat on his wife to prove his manhood | Sacrifice a beat on his wife to prove his manhood | ||
Anyway, another day I | |||
Turn on my lights, get hyped, and watch the roaches | Anyway, another day I say it doesn’t matter | ||
Turn on my lights, get hyped, and watch the roaches scatter | |||
Running, ducking, jumping so I don’t hit ‘em | Running, ducking, jumping so I don’t hit ‘em | ||
A disgrace, a waste of | |||
A disgrace, a waste of time tryna kill ‘em | |||
Disgusted, busted, a shower for a nice cleaning | Disgusted, busted, a shower for a nice cleaning | ||
It’s out of order don’t know it’s working but the water’s freezing | It’s out of order don’t know it’s working but the water’s freezing | ||
I want to break, scream and yell but who I tell | I want to break, scream and yell but who I tell | ||
Times are worse, I curse I’m in a living hell | |||
Times are worse, I curse, I’m in a living hell | |||
But I continue to dream of things I can’t afford | But I continue to dream of things I can’t afford | ||
But I’m striving I’m alive so I praise the lord | But I’m striving I’m alive so I praise the lord | ||
As I lay I pray for a better day | |||
God bless | As I lay, I pray for a better day | ||
But I’m sick I will admit at times I wanna quit | |||
God bless success, I want a taste, so I keep the faith | |||
But I’m sick I will admit, at times I wanna quit | |||
Just bargain with the thugs, sell drugs and shit | Just bargain with the thugs, sell drugs and shit | ||
Many | |||
Many bore me with the story, yeah, I hear it often | |||
I’ll end up in jail or in a black coffin | I’ll end up in jail or in a black coffin | ||
Yo let me | As I'm thinking that he’s sinking in the evil nature | ||
Many people, | |||
'''(Verse 2)''' | |||
Yo, let me (kick flavor?) on my position | |||
But I’m living in a different prison | But I’m living in a different prison | ||
In condition with a father who never listens | In condition with a father who never listens | ||
To my thoughts, my ideas, it makes me sick | To my thoughts, my ideas, it makes me sick | ||
Acting strict, and always wanna flip the script | Acting strict, and always wanna flip the script | ||
Always complaining, I’m straining just to make it, damnit | Always complaining, I’m straining just to make it, damnit | ||
Life’s a jingle when you’re living with a single parent | Life’s a jingle when you’re living with a single parent | ||
I used to lean on the shoulder of my older brother | I used to lean on the shoulder of my older brother | ||
Then he left | |||
Then he left and my father bought a stepmother | |||
I didn’t like it, I would fight it and cause drama | |||
Can't face her taking the place of my real mama | Can't face her taking the place of my real mama | ||
She would hawk and talk, the little hypocrite | She would hawk and talk, the little hypocrite | ||
Kiss me, diss me, behind my back and shit | |||
We had conflicts, arguments yo I couldn’t hide | We had conflicts, arguments yo I couldn’t hide | ||
I got bothered when my father took her side | I got bothered when my father took her side | ||
My pride crushed, my ego against people | My pride crushed, my ego against people | ||
Selfish mentality in reality, my heart is lethal | Selfish mentality in reality, my heart is lethal | ||
I got into myself for my health, for my sanity | I got into myself for my health, for my sanity | ||
But lord, I praise it’s just one of those days | But lord, I praise it’s just one of those days | ||
Yo man it’s just one of those days, man | '''(Outro)''' | ||
Yo man, it’s just one of those days, man | |||
Yo that’s the way it was, not anymore | Yo that’s the way it was, not anymore | ||
Yo man it’s just like, yo | Yo man it’s just like, yo | ||
You got to make it in this world, yo | You got to make it in this world, yo | ||
Everything’s just hard, times is hard | Everything’s just hard, times is hard | ||
Y’know, cause that’s the way it is | Y’know, cause that’s the way it is | ||
You got to just go all out | You got to just go all out | ||
Yo, the struggle continues man, yo | |||
You know, Brown Sugar | You know, Brown Sugar | ||
I know you, you know me | I know you, you know me | ||
Everybody’s in the house | Everybody’s in the house | ||
The big Shack, Danny Dan, | |||
Peace, we out | |||
|} | |||
== References == | |||
<references /> | |||
[[Category:Unidentified]] | [[Category:Unidentified]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Hip hop]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:58, 4 April 2025
ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved. | |
| Bronx Stories | |
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| Genre | Hip-Hop |
|---|---|
| Length | 2:48 |
| Year | 1993-1994 |
| Original poster | Da Cream Hunter |
| Search started | January 22, 2019 |
Bronx Stories is an unidentified rap song uploaded to YouTube in 2019 by user Da Cream Hunter. It was produced by DJ Danny Dan The Beatman in 1993 or 1994 and was recorded in the Bronx, New York.
Background[edit | edit source]
On January 22, 2019, the song was first uploaded to YouTube by user Da Cream Hunter, who claimed that it was a demo cassette recorded in the Bronx between 1993 and 1994 and produced by Danny Dan The Beatman.[1]
On February 23, 2024, the song's sample was identified by user AttentottenPotentaten as Happy Ever After by Enoch Light and The Brass Menagerie.[2]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
| Presumed Lyrics |
| (Intro)
Yo, God damn, another day Yo, anyway (Verse 1) Early one morning I woke up yawning Lost in the daze, a maze of brainstorming Deja vu, a scene from a wet dream The birds, the trees, some beam, and then I heard a scream And then a slap, boom bap Oh yeah I know the flavor I expect domestic violence from my neighbors The same routine what I mean no damn good Sacrifice a beat on his wife to prove his manhood Anyway, another day I say it doesn’t matter Turn on my lights, get hyped, and watch the roaches scatter Running, ducking, jumping so I don’t hit ‘em A disgrace, a waste of time tryna kill ‘em Disgusted, busted, a shower for a nice cleaning It’s out of order don’t know it’s working but the water’s freezing I want to break, scream and yell but who I tell Times are worse, I curse, I’m in a living hell But I continue to dream of things I can’t afford But I’m striving I’m alive so I praise the lord As I lay, I pray for a better day God bless success, I want a taste, so I keep the faith But I’m sick I will admit, at times I wanna quit Just bargain with the thugs, sell drugs and shit Many bore me with the story, yeah, I hear it often I’ll end up in jail or in a black coffin As I'm thinking that he’s sinking in the evil nature Many people, (Verse 2) Yo, let me (kick flavor?) on my position But I’m living in a different prison In condition with a father who never listens To my thoughts, my ideas, it makes me sick Acting strict, and always wanna flip the script Always complaining, I’m straining just to make it, damnit Life’s a jingle when you’re living with a single parent I used to lean on the shoulder of my older brother Then he left and my father bought a stepmother I didn’t like it, I would fight it and cause drama Can't face her taking the place of my real mama She would hawk and talk, the little hypocrite Kiss me, diss me, behind my back and shit We had conflicts, arguments yo I couldn’t hide I got bothered when my father took her side My pride crushed, my ego against people Selfish mentality in reality, my heart is lethal I got into myself for my health, for my sanity But lord, I praise it’s just one of those days (Outro) Yo man, it’s just one of those days, man Yo that’s the way it was, not anymore Yo man it’s just like, yo You got to make it in this world, yo Everything’s just hard, times is hard Y’know, cause that’s the way it is You got to just go all out Yo, the struggle continues man, yo You know, Brown Sugar I know you, you know me Everybody’s in the house The big Shack, Danny Dan, Peace, we out |