Cover art for Take the L to Leave by Toro y Moi

Take the L to Leave

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Take the L to Leave Lyrics

[Intro: Sample]
Person 1: It's too epic
Person 2: The New York [?] was mind boggling
Person 3: Fast moving
Person 4: I've never seen screens that big
Person 5: It's fantastic
Person 6: It's overwhelming, all that sound and all those screens
Person 7: The Incredible New York Experience, [?]

[Verse 1]
I would rather grow up knowing
I wouldn't have to move so fast
I wouldn't miss the trains and the longer waits
They'd only make me feel bad

I don't think that it's right
I gotta ride for an hour or two just to see my baby
Cause I know that she calls
And I know what she wants
And she wants me closer

Oh oh oh

[Chorus]
Why do I have to live there?
To better my life

It's not fair
It's not fair
It's not fair
It's not fair
It's not fair
It's not fair

[Verse 2]
Coming out on the bedford stop
I fit right in now I'm nobody
I'm sure the night life is great
And so are jobs and the girls but I know I can find that here


[Chorus]
I don't have to live there
To better my life it's not fair
I don't have to live there
To better my life it's not fair
It's not fair
It's not fair

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April 24, 2012
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