Track 6 of the album Overdrive · 2023
Strum Strum Sidewalk Cypher
“A kid on the corner with a guitar got the whole block in a track. I just asked if I could rap over it.”
hip hop · groovy hip hop · street busker · 2:14
Lyrics
Kid on the corner with a guitar on his back Plays a little rhythm, got the whole block in a track Hat on the sidewalk, coins start to fall Baker comes outside, says play it for all I jump on the beat with a rhyme in my head Drop a couple bars and the crowd's all fed Strum, strum, strum, and the street gets loud Everybody's hands going up in the crowd One, two, three, four Strum it, strum it, give me more Strum strum, sidewalk, everybody sing Guitar on the corner, let the whole block ring Strum strum, sidewalk, hands in the air Music in the street and the whole town's there Strum strum, sidewalk, everybody sing Girl with a tambourine joins in the line Bus driver honks on the beat, right on time Old lady on the stoop clapping with her cane Pigeons on the wire doing a little refrain I trade a verse for a verse with the kid He answers on the strings like the fingers just did Cypher on the pavement, no stage and no light Streetlamps flicker and we're doing it right One, two, three, four Strum it, strum it, give me more Strum strum, sidewalk, everybody sing Guitar on the corner, let the whole block ring Strum strum, sidewalk, hands in the air Music in the street and the whole town's there Strum strum, sidewalk, everybody sing Hands up, hands down Feel it moving through the town Hands up, hands down Nobody wants to leave the sound Strum strum, sidewalk, everybody sing Guitar on the corner, let the whole block ring Strum strum, sidewalk, hands in the air Music in the street and the whole town's there Strum strum, sidewalk, everybody sing Strum, strum, strum, strum Sidewalk cypher, everyone come