The City

Don't get lost in a hustle and a bustlin' and a
Don't get lost in a hustle and a bustlin' and a
Don't get lost in a hustle and a bustlin' and a
Lotta people lost, lotta people lost

The city full o' those who are whimsical
And criminal elements is off the charts, causin' all sorts o sparks
A powerdkeg where nobles gas you up'n have a change o heart
More often than they drawers in a dresser built with spare parts
From that Swedish store, people recalled, like meatballs
The city eat all, those who too sweet fall
They grind you up machine cuisine for the grist
A million big bills putting you through hoops like b-ball
An everyone on they hustle but the one thing that I noticed
Is a lotta people busy doing nothing
To date and meet why we seek apps it's real tough
To meet up we the city never sleep but we need naps
Times quicker here an it's easy to lose touch
So what rename it we the city o so much
So grow up if you wanna take your place at the table
Ya better be willing an able, cause the city make you

The people move fast, the city move faster
Think fast an' act fast or you ain't gonna last yeah
Reason people brag when they make it here
Takes a different kind o' strength you either breaking or you breaking here

People noddin' off or drowsy needing to grouse
Marshals with evictions no rent paid no heat in they house
Landlord skimming like some vermin on a train track
Tourists want something they can take back, don't stray off
The beaten path the wrong street used to let you find the morgue
City ain't like how it was, streets lined in chalk
Tenements to monuments still venomous an ominous
A mile that way people walking with designer dogs
Strangers stare out from behind glass we the open zoo
Keep ya hands inside the ride, an go back into
Ya nice suburban homes 'fore you step outside an panic though
This is life here but to you we just an anecdote
We speak a language here that you ain't gonna understand
Did I mention tension cause we pulled back like a rubber band
All it takes is the wrong word an we snap
So keep ya eyes open for traps, cause it's know to happen

The people move fast, the city move faster
Think fast an' act fast or you ain't gonna last yeah
Reason people brag when they make it here
Takes a different kind o' strength you either breaking or you breaking here
The people move fast, the city move faster
Think fast an' act fast or you ain't gonna last yeah
Reason people brag when they make it here
Takes a different kind o' strength you either breaking or you breaking here

Used to be the monte on forty deuce they escorted to
The store for suits now they pick pockets from board rooms
What took they place is these characters in costume
Take a picture with em get ya wallet out they got you
Lines around the block, for the latest pop up
Of overpriced garments but hey everybody want one
We exclusive we used to hawked goods an move product
Cash business is no odd duck
Door man for the latest club try to lure us
Round the corner band I love smoking right outside they tour bus
Let ya know the streets are a treasure trove
So much goin' on at any time that you'll never know

The city it breathes inna blood and a tears
And all the people that fight an believe
People that everyday risk everything
Just to be livin' a city of dreams
You mistake deeply if you were to thinkin' that living here anything close to a breeze
City that never sleep ever injected in blood stream o' millions and
Me