The City

If you ever came from the bottom
Then you know what I'm talkin bout

Cuz it's kill or be killed in these streets round here
Yo it's peel or be peeled in these streets round here
Get a deal or be dealed in these streets round here
Cuz when you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

You had to steal for a meal in these streets round here
You would fear behind the wheel in these streets round here
And if you feel how I feel in these streets round here
Then you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

Cuz it's kill or be killed in these streets round here
Yo it's peel or be peeled in these streets round here
Get a deal or be dealed in these streets round here
Cuz when you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

I got nothing to prove
I got nothing to lose
So I hold in this hope
Like the smoke and these brews

But this is not life
And thats not the way
But you wouldn't walk in these shoes
Or lay where I lay

But this is my life
Like every single day
I was dealt these hands
So these cards I gotta play
The Lord to whom I pray
But they don't think he's real
So these round me
Pullin' triggers making deals

But I won't judge a man
For doing things he got to
Rob you
Shoot, I would hit you if I had to
Charge it to the streets, wouldn't even put it past you
The last dude
Envy hit that kid like

I just want the wrist on froze like a mannequin
Ananakin Skywalker force
To the man again
Yellin' em
I ain't got time for shenanigans
Let me see them hands and then
Click clack

Scramble em

Cuz it's kill or be killed in these streets round here
Yo it's peel or be peeled in these streets round here
Get a deal or be dealed in these streets round here
Cuz when you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

You had to steal for a meal in these streets round here
You would fear behind the wheel in these streets round here
And if you feel how I feel in these streets round here
Then you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

Cuz it's kill or be killed in these streets round here
Yo it's peel or be peeled in these streets round here
Get a deal or be dealed in these streets round here
Cuz when you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

Levi
The whips, chips, and the chicks
Slim pickins
It's flippin' bricks or rinsing dishes
For a decent living
And it's churches bars
No working cars or work to feed their children
So they work the corners seen so many mamas milk the system

But it's cool, stay in school obey the rules
To make some moves
And here's to hoping
But this providence is predominantly white
And we're the tokens in Shamokin
Choking kids outta the pigment
We were born with and these older women
Cross the street when they seeing us rollin

I'm the only black worker in the sneaker store per ratio
Stay to yourself or they start messing with your payroll
There he go again
Twelve pull me over for petty roll stops
It's hard to not get stopped when all they see is a
Negro
Interracial couples stressful just to be in
Wifey needs a vest she got death threats in her DM's

Told her it'll be over when we moving up out the city
But this world's the same name same game
Who am I kidding
Working twelve hours a day
Seven days in a week
Three gallons of paint
Never sleeping a week
Three songs in a day
Andy's on with the beats
Flipping hard with the J's
Eighty dollars a piece

Cuz it's kill or be killed in these streets round here
Yo it's peel or be peeled in these streets round here
Get a deal or be dealed in these streets round here
Cuz when you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

You had to steal for a meal in these streets round here
You would fear behind the wheel in these streets round here
And if you feel how I feel in these streets round here
Then you coming from the bottom of these streets round here

Cuz it's kill or be killed in these streets round here
Yo it's peel or be peeled in these streets round here
Get a deal or be dealed in these streets round here
Cuz when you coming from the bottom of these streets round here