I grew up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY. It was a slum when I lived there, a slum before I lived there, and is a slum now.

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.