[Intro] (Vinyl crackle, smooth upright bassline, boom bap drum loop) (Female R&B Vocals - smooth and soulful) Mmm... dreaming of the Golden Mountain... Yeah. [Chorus] (Female R&B Vocals - soaring, melodic) If we ran the bay... I'd free all my kin, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Gold mountains and jade... Could it be, if the city was mine, we'd both shine... [Verse 1] (Male Rap - laid-back boom-bap flow, clear enunciation) Life... I wonder... will they pull us under? I don't know. Picture walkin' down the ward without the hatchets flashin' Lookin' at the harbor, seeing ships, knowing we the ones who built the tracks and Moved the stone, laid the iron down, Just to get excluded from the heart of our own town. I'd burn down every ledger in the hall, tell the Mayor he could walk, Watch the rival tongs fall, let the silent workers talk. Silk suits in the parlor, smoke clearing from the lungs, Speaking out in English mixed with heavy mother tongues. No more scraping by, paying debts that we don't owe, Just a brand new empire, watching how the lotus grow. [Chorus] (Female R&B Vocals - rich harmonies) If we ran the bay... I'd free all my kin, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Gold mountains and jade... Could it be, if the city was mine, we'd both shine... [Verse 2] (Male Rap - steady rhythmic bounce) It's a trip... the way we gotta scrape just to get a grip, Dodging every itchy onion on the corner with a clip. No more politicians playing chess with a dragon's breath, No more paying tolls to a boss just to cheat our death. I'd take the Hop Wei, and the Long Zii, put 'em at a table, Show 'em how to build a real kingdom if they able. No Irish brawlers in the sandlot, no burning down the factories, Just a brand new coast, wiping out the tragedies. Walking through the alleys like a king, crown made of steel, Making sure my brothers and my sisters get a proper meal. That's the vision, putting all the street wars to rest, Heart of a warrior beating heavy in the chest. [Chorus] (Female R&B Vocals - soaring, melodic) If we ran the bay... I'd free all my kin, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Gold mountains and jade... Could it be, if the city was mine, we'd both shine... [Outro] (Male Rap - spoken word, fading out) Yeah. From the Pearl River to the Barbary Coast. (Female R&B Vocals - vocal riffs) If the city was mine... (Beat slowly fades out) [Verse 3] (Male Rap - street level, gritty, laid-back boom-bap) Look... I analyze the whole system from the ground up, Watching the Black Hats raid and keep the block all wound up. Consider... if I had the pen to rewrite the whole text, Stop 'em targeting the needy and decide what happens next. We need to own the blocks we built, move the hustle with no strife, Toss the pipes, give my people back the dignity of life. No more reliant on the broker just to get the papers stamped, Watchin' how the lotus grows where the shadows used to camp. A real life... not just the scraps they left us on the plate, A future where the warrior don't gotta always navigate. They call us 'The Unchosen' like we ain't supposed to exist, But we clenching every hope tight, hidden inside the fist. It ain't about the tongs, it's about the families on the block, Keepin' the vision solid, ticking like a grandfather clock. Just imagine... that’s the dream we hold, The dragon rising out the mud and turning into gold. [Chorus] (Female R&B Vocals - smooth background vocal ad-libs) If we ran the bay... I'd free all my kin, I love 'em, love 'em, baby Gold mountains and jade... Could it be, if the city was mine, we'd both shine... [Outro] (Male Rap - spoken word over fading beat, smooth R&B vocal riffs echoing) Yeah. Pearl River to the Barbary Coast. Still here. If the city was mine... I love 'em, love 'em, baby... Watching the lotus grow... If the city was mine... (Beat fades out) L
