[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 - deep, introspective, laid-back boom-bap flow) 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'd own the docks we built, move the business without 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 full life... not just the scraps that they sweep to the side, A future where the warrior don't gotta always run and hide. They call us 'The Unchosen' like we ain't supposed to be here, But when I rise up, we wash away the whole street's fear. It ain't about the tongs, it's about the people on the block, Keepin' the vision tight, solid like a rock. Just imagine... yeah, that's the poetry, The dragon risin' out the mud to claim our own sovereignty. [Chorus] (Female R&B Vocals - smooth layering, 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... [Outro] (Male Rap - spoken word, laid back over fading beat) (Female R&B Vocal riffs - soulful, echoing) Yeah. From the Pearl River to the Barbary Coast. (Female: If the city was mine...) Watching how the lotus grow... (Female: I love 'em, love 'em, baby...) Still standing. (Female: If the city was mine...) Unchosen... but not broken. (Female: We'd both shine...) (Music fades completely)
