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2 Hours to Long
[Intro]
[Verse]
(Heavy guitar feedback)
Yeah!
Bethlehem!
We've had enough!
**[Verse 1]**
Streetlights flicker, cameras watch,
Parking tickets dropping nonstop.
Working people paying the price,
While somebody's counting money every night.
City hall keeps talking loud,
But they never hear the neighborhood crowd.
Families trapped by outdated laws,
Residents fighting for a lost cause.
**[Pre-Chorus]**
We're tired of the fines!
We're tired of the games!
You keep changing rules,
But nothing ever changes!
**[Chorus]**
TWO HOURS TOO LONG!
We've been waiting all along!
East Fifth Street screaming,
Can you hear our song?
TWO HOURS TOO LONG!
Residents standing strong!
Enough is enough
The people know what's wrong!
**[Verse 2]**
Visitors leave because they can't stay,
Move your car again every two hours today.
Friends and family pushed away,
By rules that should've died yesterday.
The city's changed, the times moved on,
But somehow this headache still lives on.
Garages built and spaces made,
Yet we're still stuck in the same parade.
**[Rap Verse]**
Yo—
Take a walk down East Fifth, tell me what you see,
Hardworking residents trying just to be free.
Back in the nineties they said it was needed,
Now it's twenty-twenty-six and the reason's depleted.
Got garages downtown, got parking to spare,
But the city's still acting like the problem is there.
Grandma comes to visit, gotta move her ride,
Two-hour countdown ticking by her side.
Families, workers, neighbors fed up,
Every single meeting we keep speaking up.
No more excuses, no more delay,
Remove two-hour parking today!
**[Breakdown]**
(Break it down!)
East Fifth!
East Fifth!
Residents!
Residents!
No more tickets!
No more games!
Hear our voices!
Know our names!
**[Chorus]**TWO HOURS TOO LONG!
We've been waiting all along!
East Fifth Street screaming,
Can you hear our song?
TWO HOURS TOO LONG!
Residents standing strong!
Enough is enough—
The people know what's wrong!The neighborhood's speaking...
The residents have had enough...
Two hours...
Too long...
End it.
Now.
