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Elm City Ballad

from Broken Bone Ballads by Ceschi

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for the city of New Haven, CT

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4 am,
driving through the streets of New Haven again.
Baby faced
crack corner kids
working grave yard shifts
with the
diner waitresses.
Everybody trying to break bread.

I'm every lung that's breathing in this filthy city waste,
I'm trick turning street walker,
Mary full of grace,
undocumented worker wage slave,
I'm needle pierced vein,
I am black rose on Grandmother's grave.

We'll find our way the old men said in AA.
They told us faith in God would take the pain away,
but God is nowhere to be found in this place.
We're only half awake
waiting to be served slop and corn cake by inmates.


Love me city, till I'm gray
Elm city love me safe

Love me city, till I'm gray
Love me till I am erased

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from Broken Bone Ballads, released April 7, 2015
produced by Factor Chandelier
Melodica by Max Heath
Bass by Enver Hampton

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Ceschi New Haven, Connecticut

Ceschi (pronounced chess-key) Ramos makes his own version of progressive hip hop spliced with elements of folk & indie rock. Although he has almost "mathy" technical rap abilities he's first and foremost a singer-songwriter at heart. Although one Ceschi song may consist of punk influenced machine gun fast raps, the next may be a quiet folk ballad played on acoustic guitar. ... more

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