Quince
This area was known as Aquahung
Run by the Snakapin tribe
Sinawoys killed Anne Hutchinson
Who would think we’d have a river parkway
Named after a dead white woman
Who conquered the land
All early farms mostly swamps
Fast forward to 1941
Clason Point Gardens
First public housing in the borough
45 buildings 2 stories each
History only reaches
As far as you can remember
Reveals faint fossils
But blunt guts is all that remains
Right next to blood stain on bench
Was Wesley thinking
About how white men could jump in junior high
Was Andre Harrell thinking of Uptown Records
Once he felt New Jack Swing
What was Sonia Sotomayor’s concept
Of justice marching through dark hallways of Bronxdale
When did Kemba think he could truly
Crossover as he and Corey Fisher started cooking
At Watson while Cory Gunz 3rd and Slugga
Had a freestyle session after a frozen nemo
Bambataa saw peace squashing beef
Between rival crews at Stevenson
Saw the Planet Rock from
Turntable rotation at maximum speed
Let the breaks rotate create brand new universe
All from the Boogie Down
Bulldozers knock down remnants of tenements
Letting the ghosts scatter
Doing monkey flips on playgrounds
With no merry go rounds only
Spiderwebs on slides elephant sprinklers
Tagged claiming enemy territory
Amongst neighborly love
Where mamas and wifeys serve
Customers then wish you a good day
Once upon a time block party cookout
For all the fathers with enough burgers and buns
For everyone to sip dark from red plastic cups
And burn flagrantly until pigs
Invaded without permit
Sunday morning baked bread
After first homily to learn history from the sky
Connection to world from backpark building
Tribute to mumbled muffled whispers
Hearing you for the moments
Forgetting you forever
Water stayed on the minds after hair is wet
Puddle close to curb
Where sewer won’t drain
Every step with collected condensation
Soundview area
Story and Noble always in my conversation
This area was known as Aquahung
Run by the Snakapin tribe
Sinawoys killed Anne Hutchinson
Who would think we’d have a river parkway
Named after a dead white woman
Who conquered the land
All early farms mostly swamps
Fast forward to 1941
Clason Point Gardens
First public housing in the borough
45 buildings 2 stories each
History only reaches
As far as you can remember
Reveals faint fossils
But blunt guts is all that remains
Right next to blood stain on bench
Was Wesley thinking
About how white men could jump in junior high
Was Andre Harrell thinking of Uptown Records
Once he felt New Jack Swing
What was Sonia Sotomayor’s concept
Of justice marching through dark hallways of Bronxdale
When did Kemba think he could truly
Crossover as he and Corey Fisher started cooking
At Watson while Cory Gunz 3rd and Slugga
Had a freestyle session after a frozen nemo
Bambataa saw peace squashing beef
Between rival crews at Stevenson
Saw the Planet Rock from
Turntable rotation at maximum speed
Let the breaks rotate create brand new universe
All from the Boogie Down
Bulldozers knock down remnants of tenements
Letting the ghosts scatter
Doing monkey flips on playgrounds
With no merry go rounds only
Spiderwebs on slides elephant sprinklers
Tagged claiming enemy territory
Amongst neighborly love
Where mamas and wifeys serve
Customers then wish you a good day
Once upon a time block party cookout
For all the fathers with enough burgers and buns
For everyone to sip dark from red plastic cups
And burn flagrantly until pigs
Invaded without permit
Sunday morning baked bread
After first homily to learn history from the sky
Connection to world from backpark building
Tribute to mumbled muffled whispers
Hearing you for the moments
Forgetting you forever
Water stayed on the minds after hair is wet
Puddle close to curb
Where sewer won’t drain
Every step with collected condensation
Soundview area
Story and Noble always in my conversation
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