Easy in Brooklyn

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They call me Easy in the back room on Flatbush, where the floorboards know my name Brown paper bag, rain on my sleeve another cold deal in the hallway came Mafia talk with a clean white shirt and a grin that never showed the teeth I learned quick in the Borough nights keep your eyes on the exit, not the street [Pre-Chorus] Same old cards, same old lies same old hands in a different sky If the phone rings once, I move if it rings twice, then somebody lied [Chorus] Easy, Easy Brooklyn made me Easy, Easy American made me Quiet steps, hard heart I don't break, I don't fold Easy, Easy watch me move cold [Verse 2] Hitman rumor from the corner store but they only know the coat I wore I leave no mark but a vanished light and a door that don't swing right no more On the stoop, my cousin said "Keep that nickname, let it ride" Easy sounds like mercy but it's trouble with a polished side [Pre-Chorus] Same old cards, same old lies same old hands in a different sky If the phone rings once, I move if it rings twice, then somebody lied [Chorus] Easy, Easy Brooklyn made me Easy, Easy American made me Quiet steps, hard heart I don't break, I don't fold Easy, Easy watch me move cold [Bridge] Low choirs humming in the stairwell red rain on a chrome tailgate Every vow I ever swallowed came back heavy at the gate Mafia men with their black coffee name by name, we all get weighed And if they want the old me dead tell them Easy got away [Final Chorus] Easy, Easy Brooklyn made me Easy, Easy American made me Quiet steps, hard heart I don't break, I don't fold Easy, Easy watch me move cold