Montagem Barcelona

[Intro]

(Heavy bass groove kicks in, scratch effects)

Yeah, uh-huh

Walking through the neon, chasing shadows

Listen

[Verse 1]

Concrete jungle breathing under flickering signs

Looking for the soul that I left behind the lines

My pockets feeling light but the pressure’s getting heavy

Life’s a funky rhythm and I’m just trying to stay steady

I see the ghosts of the legends in the alleyway steam

Mixing high-top dreams with a low-budget scheme

They say the city don’t sleep, well, neither do my fears

I’m just filtering the truth through these funky-ass tears

[Chorus]

On these velvet sidewalks, we’re dancing through the rain

A little bit of pleasure for a whole lot of pain

Keep the bassline bumping, keep the heart in the track

Once you find the groove, ain't no turning back

Yeah, it’s a bittersweet strut in a minor key

Velvet sidewalks, set my spirit free

[Verse 2]

(Faster flow)

I remember 1999, the speakers used to rattle

Every day was a hustle, every night was a battle

Now the gentrified blocks got a different kind of vibration

Lost the syncopation of a soulful generation

But I still feel the thump in the soles of my feet

Where the hip-hop grit and the funk-fire meet

I’m a poet with a pocket full of rhythmic gold

Trying to stay young while the world gets old

[Bridge]

(Smooth, melodic bridge with horns)

Don't let the rhythm stop, don't let the feeling fade

We’re just the music that the struggle made

Break it down now...

(Bass solo interlude)

[Chorus]

On these velvet sidewalks, we’re dancing through the rain

A little bit of pleasure for a whole lot of pain

Keep the bassline bumping, keep the heart in the track

Once you find the groove, ain't no turning back

Yeah, it’s a bittersweet strut in a minor key

Velvet sidewalks, set my spirit free

[Outro]

(Fade out with soulful ad-libs)

Yeah, keep it funky

Streetlights like diamonds

Velvet sidewalks...

Just keep walking

(Scratch out)