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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Shenseea
Vocals
Kenita Miller
Vocals
Sasha Hutchings
Vocals
Phillipa Soo
Vocals
Gizel Jimenez
Vocals
Julia Harriman
Vocals
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Vocals
David Patrick Kelly
Vocals
DJ Reborn
Scratches
Eisa Davis
Vocals
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Drum Programming
Jonny Fung
Electric Guitar
Austin Hoke
Cello
Philip Towns
Rhodes Piano
Abe Laboriel Jr.
Drums
Nas
Vocals
Javier Solís
Percussion
Bernie Wagenblast
Vocals
Elizondo
Keyboards
Kristin Weber
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Eisa Davis
Songwriter
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Songwriter
Sol Yurick
Based on the Work of
Elizondo
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Eisa Davis
Producer
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Producer
Alex Wilder
Assistant Recording Engineer
Erica Block
Assistant Recording Engineer
Henry Reinach
Vocal Recording Engineer
Joseph Pomarico
Vocal Recording Engineer
Nick Goff
Vocal Recording Engineer
Ross Owen
Vocal Recording Engineer
Nas
Executive Producer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering Engineer
Justin Francis
Recording Engineer
joey raia
Vocal Recording Engineer
Paniik
Vocal Recording Engineer
Ben Miller
Vocal Recording Engineer
Craig Kallman
Executive Producer
Craig Rosen
Executive Producer
Elizondo
Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
This is 14th Street, Union Square
You beat the odds and made it to Union Square, Warriors
And you slipped the noose when those cute boy Bizzies didn't want to get any blood on their cardigans
But will you make it through the maze of Union Square?
So many levels and angles, trains, colors, letters, and numbers
Transfer here for the N, QB, RR and LL trains
Platforms movin' in and out like lost robots
Please be careful of the platform edge
Trying to get home? It's a labyrinth
Can you crack the code? Or will it crack you?
[Verse 1]
Roll call
Cochise
Cowgirl
Fox
Rembrandt
God, half of us are gone
[Verse 2]
Cochise
Not now, girl
Fox
Hey! Mercy!
Rembrandt
Swan
You made it!
Reunion Square!
[Verse 3]
Riunite on ice
That's nice!
Only one more train to Coney
Yes!
Let's find the train that gets us home
And grab a bite
Hey yo, this hot dude bit me
I wanna tag this moment
Reunion Square
Hey yo, we just escaped this vampire's lair
And yo, I smashed that bad guy with his own chair
We were not prepared
We were fucking scared
[Verse 4]
Ah-she-ca! Ah-ah-she-ca!
Ah-she-ca! Ah-ah-she-ca!
Ah-she-ca! Ah-ah-she-ca!
Aye, Warriors show 'em what you got
[Verse 5]
I'm Cochise, oh please, you know my style
I'm always steady with the verses and I'm versatile
Turnstile, here's a token for one last ride
They call me Cowgirl, but yo, we almost died
Yo, it's nice to meet you, my name is Mercy
What? Who?
I'm a walkin', talkin', fire-breathing controversy
Let's turn it up!
You gotta turn it down
What now?
It's the cops
What?
Turn around
[Verse 6]
Officers are on the scene, officers are on the scene
Yoohoo, ladies
Officers are on the scene, officers are on the scene
You could do 99 things right
Meet the wrong cop at night, and it's brrap on sight, ya dig
Yoohoo, ladies! Hands where we can see 'em if you please
[Verse 7]
I'm sick of being afraid of you
Fox?
Fox
And what you have the power to do
Yoohoo!
You're the baddest gang in the city
Fox!
It's true
Ha, and your color's fuckin' powder blue
Careful
[Verse 8]
Quiet girls don't make it home
Why can't we just go back home?
Why we always on the run from you?
Well, every crew that gave us chase
Wound up landing on their face
We put them in their place, you want some too?
[Verse 9]
Oh, you wanna rumble? No problem
Officers are on the scene, on the scene, scene, on the scene, scene, scene, scene
Officers are on the scene
Officers are on the scene
[Verse 10]
Anybody testing these hands can see static
Meet the wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Survival all depends upon the corner you run to
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Only the strong survive, survive
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Survival all depends upon the corner you run to
Anybody testing these hands can see static
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
I'm sick of runnin' when I've done nothin' wrong
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Only the strong survive, survive, survive, survive
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Anybody testing these hands can see static
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Survival all depends upon the corner you run to
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Only the strong survive, survive
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
Survival all depends upon the corner you run to
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
[Verse 11]
Survive the night, survive the night
The wrong cop at night, the wrong cop at night
It's a long way down
Survive the armies of the night
The south end of the line is Coney Island
Survive the armies of the night
The south end of the line is Coney Island
Look, there's the train, there's the train
It's now or never, and it's just a hundred feet away
[Verse 12]
And half a mile underground
We find the train that's Brooklyn-bound
The captain's trying to chase us down
Just don't look back or turn around
Hey! Let's get gone, get on this train
Everybody on this train
Muscle through the pain and make it through
This is a Brooklyn-bound train
[Verse 13]
This cop'll stop the subway line
Unless somebody stays behind
To keep them occupied and suddenly I know what I have to do
Get them home alive
Fox?
Stand clear of the closing—
[Verse 14]
I jump through the doors and I'm back on the platform
There's no looking back so I make for the captain
If I can just grab him and make something happen
They'll be too distracted to check for the train
He sees my approach with a moment to spare
And he twists, but I'm there so I tackle him square
In the ribs and he grimaces, spits in my hair
Now he's punching the air as we circle the drain
Stay down!
[Verse 15]
Tryin' to keep his hands from his waist so I don't get a taste of his nightstick
I stick hands in his face, but he lands with his weight on me
Warriors, don't wait on me
Now every move that I make is a bid to survive, keep me alive
When you woke up today you didn't think you could die, neither did I
Now every move that I make is a bid to survive, keep me alive
When you woke up today you didn't think you could die, but you don't decide
[Verse 16]
And we're both on the floor
I look to my right, I see all my Warriors watching us fight
As they bang on the door in the fluorescent light
Forming a chorus of screams in the night, on the opposite side
Is the parallel track as I wrestle the captain back onto his back
Then my Warriors' train starts pulling away
Mission accomplished, I'll see you in Coney!
The captain is slappin' and kickin' and punchin', he's too mad to function
I hear something crunchin' and I've broken somethin'
There's blood on his face, I feel his knees slide up under my waist
Putting space in between us, I try to hold on
Swan would've beat him, but I am no Swan
I am doing my best just to make it till dawn
Then his foot's in my chest and he launches me over the edge and I'm—
Written by: Eisa Davis, Lin-Manuel Miranda