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Cover of Fresh Cut Saturday

Track 1 of the single Fresh Cut Saturday · 2023

Fresh Cut Saturday

by The Concrete Choir

“This one is pure Saturday morning for us, sun on the glass and the whole block moving. We wrote the hook so the room could answer back before we even finished the line.”

boom-bap · gospel hip hop · soul breaks · block party · 3:14

Lyrics

Saturday morning, sun on the glass
Line out the door and it's moving fast
Chair spins around, cape snaps in the air
Clippers are humming, I'm settling in the chair
Old heads arguing 'bout the game last night
Somebody's uncle swears he saw the whole fight
Radio low with a soul-record glow
Everybody here got somewhere to go

Sit down, breathe out
Let the buzz wash the week right out

Fresh cut Saturday, lined up clean
Sharpest I've looked, best I've been
Mirror shows a king when the fade is right
Fresh cut Saturday, I'm walking out bright
Fresh cut Saturday, step in the sun
Fresh cut Saturday, the week is done

Barber got hands like a painter with steel
Edge-up so crisp that it barely feels real
Talks about his daughter, her first science fair
Volcano erupted, there's baking soda in the air
Kid in the corner gets his very first fade
Sitting up tall like a man who has made
Every dollar count, every inch of his pride
Grin in the mirror he can't hide

Sit down, breathe out
Let the buzz wash the week right out

Fresh cut Saturday, lined up clean
Sharpest I've looked, best I've been
Mirror shows a king when the fade is right
Fresh cut Saturday, I'm walking out bright
Fresh cut Saturday, step in the sun
Fresh cut Saturday, the week is done

Hot towel, deep breath, hush in the room
Brush on my neck, a little cologne bloom
Nobody rushing, nobody late
Just the shop, the street, and a Saturday gate

Pay at the counter, dap for the crew
Tip him up double 'cause he made me brand new
Step on the sidewalk, the breeze hits my face
City looks different when you're back in your place
Rolling down the block with my head held high
Corner store wave and a nod to the sky
Whole weekend open, nothing to prove
Fresh and I'm ready, I'm in the groove

Fresh cut Saturday, lined up clean
Sharpest I've looked, best I've been
Mirror shows a king when the fade is right
Fresh cut Saturday, I'm walking out bright
Fresh cut Saturday, step in the sun
Fresh cut Saturday, the week is done

Lined up clean, lined up clean
Fresh cut Saturday, you know what I mean