[LYRICS] [Intro] [FX: sub bass slide in, rolling hats start] Yo... K-Town check... [echo:] From the bottom of Allegheny... [FX: El train passes overhead rattling metal] Let's go. [Pre-Hook] [adlib:] Skrrt! [adlib:] K-Town! [adlib:] Talk to 'em! Kensington made me a different breed El train screechin' while I'm plantin' seeds Now I'm watchin' Comcast from balconies [demon accent:] Basement queen... [Hook] BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! ( Y'all can't hear me?! ) BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! ( Yeah! ) From K-Town floors to penthouse beams! [echo:] From K-Town floors to penthouse beams! [call:] Basement! [response:] Queen! [call:] Skyline! [response:] Dreams! [demon accent:] Dreams... [Verse 1] K&A, where the concrete chew you up Mama at the bodega, I'm chasin' paper, fillin' cups Streetlight flicker, I'm the scripture in the dark Every bar a brick, I'm buildin' empires from the park Philly venom in my veins, Tioga taught me pressure Every you ain't shit just made the hustle measure for measure SEPTA tokens to commissions, that's the flip Basement to the boardroom, watch the power switch click Flow erratic like the Market Frankford line, static Front and Westmoreland to elevation, automatic No patience, just pavement, I been patient long enough Now the bass shake Rittenhouse, K-Town stand up! [Hook] BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! ( Y'all can't hear me?! ) BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! ( Yeah! ) From K-Town floors to penthouse beams! [echo:] From K-Town floors to penthouse beams! [call:] Basement! [response:] Queen! [call:] Skyline! [response:] Dreams! [demon accent:] Dreams... [Verse 2] Rittenhouse view, penthouse, 40 stories over Broad Used to count the cracks in Tioga, now it's commas I applaud Same hustle, different setting, Kensington to Sansom silk Bank account screamin' bitch you built this, that's the flip Ridin' past the same stoops where I crept in beat Timbs Ghost of the corners still whisperin' whims But the difference is Benji's, not just wishes on the wind Lehigh Viaduct to condos, the Ave bred the win Every L a lesson, every scar a stripe of rank From the bottom of the El stairs to the top of Chase Bank Look, the Ave don't make you, it reveal the real And I'm still that basement queen, just with a better deal [Bridge] [FX: sub bass drops out, atmospheric pad swell] From the bottom of the K-Town stairwell, yellin' through the El roar Dreams too big for that shell, had to break down the door Fed it with the struggle, fed it with the Ave rain Now I'm starin' at the Comcast spire, feelin' no pain [FX: brief pause then drums slam back in] It's beautiful... but this shit was earned [demon accent:] K-Town... we made it [Hook - Final] BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! ( Y'all can't hear me?! ) BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! ( Yeah! ) From K-Town floors to penthouse beams! [echo:] From K-Town floors to penthouse beams! [call:] Basement! [response:] QUEEN! [call:] Skyline! [response:] DREAMS! [demon accent:] Dreams... BASEMENT QUEEN! [echo:] Basement queen! SKYLINE DREAMS! [echo:] Skyline dreams! [adlib:] K-Town! [adlib:] Philly! [adlib:] We made it! [Outro] Yeah... K-Town made me [adlib:] Skrrt Basement raised me [echo:] Basement raised me Skyline paid me [demon accent:] Skyline paid me But I'm still that same bitch from Allegheny [FX: 808 slides out, El train fades, final adlib:] K-Town to the sky... [KEY/TEMPO] [Key suggestions: C minor as intended] [Tempo suggestions: 145 to 155 BPM for aggressive street pacing, with 150 BPM as intended] [Chosen key: C minor]
