City Lights

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We are more than expensive drinks

And city lights 

Listen closely

There is a heartbeat to these streets

Songs echoing the horizons

Endless skies in moonlit transit

Beyond the Boulevard

You’ll find us

salt beneath bare feet

Fires manifested 

We are a city of misfits

Rejects and weirdos 

This is the closest we’ve ever been to freedom

This is the closest I’ve ever been to home


Helping hands pick up wind-whipped trash

Helping hands feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the forsaken…

Helping hands pick up comrades 

by the bootstraps

We are stronger than these desert gusts

Say it with your chest, listen to your gut

We are better together

Community builds social immunity

Speak your piece

Proudly sport hearts on sleeves

You are safe here

Fuck the haters

We are Tribe

Our only limit is time

5 minutes on the mic

To drop that new shit

Snaps and vibes

We got you any day, any night

From Henderson, to Northtown

From Sun to Stars

We got the Vegas lights reflecting 

Like these spirits of ours

Behind every caution cone

Is a road

To let your heartache go


Let the drinks flow and pass me another hit

It’s deeper than the Strip

And tourist attraction

You’ll find us creating legacies

Down on Main and Charleston

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