Hot In The City Music Video

In January 2021 PR Paul released a new Single and Music Video: "Hot In The City". Paul Said:

“Hot Times in the City” is about a young man in NYC who debates the agonizing question of whether to seek revenge on his brother’s murderer and must weigh the effects of his choices on his loved ones and on his life’s trajectory.

This song’s narrative eerily reflects the dark global isolation COVID-19 has subjected us all to.

May we collectively watch over one another and choose the right path towards light, kindness & love."

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The City sleeps but I am wide awake

Trying to find the answers as to why my heart aches

Everybody’s getting stoned but I have had enough

I’ve been Napoleon all my life and girl I’m not that tough

I know this town is sucking me dry

And unlike my brother before me I want to get out alive

Driving a truck or opening a door

Can’t be what my maker had in store

When you’re trapped in a union town

They make the money good so you stick around

You get your book when you reach eighteen

And then you shape the hall forever it seems

I’m passing tattered mattress on fire escapes

Steams rising beneath my feet to heaven’s gate

Gotta do one thing before I leave

Prove to everyone I’m the man I’m supposed to be

I’m walking to meet my baby underneath the bridge

I’m gonna take her to a place she’s never been

She’ll walk with me where the losers always win

CHORUS

And it’s hot times in the city tonight

All the fans are broken and the people don’t act right

You’d better watch your back or you may never see daylight

Because it’s hot times in the city tonight

Hot times in the city tonight

Hot times in the city tonight

When I see my girl she’s crying tears of fear

Before I say hello she says “Hand it over here.”

Then she reaches in and pulls the gun out of my jeans

With this piece I should do the right thing

It looks so peculiar laying in her hands

With it she can kill just like any man

Then she grabs my shoulder and looks me straight in the eye

Says “I know you loved him but let the past lie.”

I’ll never forget that night I heard my brother’s scream

I woke up to the sound of police sirens

I threw on some pants and I ran down the stairs

They were pulling a white sheet over his red hair

The city took Bobby’s body away

Only the white chalk and red concrete remain

A cold reminder not to make a sound

Even if you saw what went down

My mind snapped back as the wind hit my face

My girl said “If you’re a man you’ll take me from this place.”

We headed to the train for a cross country run

CHORUS

And it’s hot times in the city tonight

All the fans are broken and the people don’t act right

You’d better watch your back or you may never see daylight

Because it’s hot times in the city tonight

Hot times in the city tonight

Hot times in the city tonight.

Song Produced By: Bill Angarola & Paul Nose

Written by: P.R. Paul

Drums: Steve Mugalian

Saxophone: Andrea Campanella

All other instruments played by: Paul Nose & Bill Angarola

Video Produced by: Joy Rosenbaum

Video Directed by: Zachary Stertz and Joy Rosenbaum

Cinematography: Zachary Stertz

Video Edited by: Eric Bissell

MP3 Cover Photography by: Joy Rosenbaum

Special thanks to: Ralph Stevens & Bobby Moresco