Gotham
It's a love and hate type of feeling
Towards my city
And I'll tell you about it
Listen
I never gave a damn about the gimmicks
It's why you see me laughing at the critics
Knowing imma make it like it's written
Like Nas, gonna blow 'em with these lyrics
I got my shit to say about the culture
Knowing damn well imma face all the vultures
Aware of the risk coming with it, It's worth it
And even unprepared this moment is so perfect
I'll open all the curtains
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Wanna be the greatest in a city where they hating
I gotta chase my dreams in my cadence
Simply got fame as a target on my list
But please I want it without Satan
I want it without Satan
'Cause I know about his ways
To shorten all my days, issa talent
Cutting life short for these youngins in the streets bigger tally
They simply tryna make it
By getting all these drugs
Lacking education
The future's getting tainted
They tryna make bread where's the flour
Claiming you're ahead where's the power
Cause y'all have yet to bloom
Growing in the dark like a ghoul
Listen, I was raised in the suburbs
So they say that I'm biased
They going on a sputter
So I better stay quiet
But tell me how could I
We're dealing with a crisis
Tell me how could I
It's a crisis
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
They be talking bout our kind on the media, like we outta line
Claiming men of color simply cannot shine
Now as I'm watching and it seems
We must've believed all the lies
Conditioned to be weakened in a state of dependence
Viciously commissioned like a sale, its a sentence
Listen, I do understand
The burden of the pigment
Aware that our PM is so ignant
5 or 6 hundred is enough for your rent
Deprived from the struggle with the millions that he spent
Unable to bring change, He let us all in pain
Tryna hide a system that is broken what a shame
Cuz when yo skin colored
They assuming you're the gunner
Man... Camara never did it
Mistreated by the media
But what if he was white
You can guess it
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Now I start to understand what's the issue
Corrupted politicians
Crooked population
And everyone is fissured
I guess I could say
Montreal really is starting to look like Gotham to me
Towards my city
And I'll tell you about it
Listen
I never gave a damn about the gimmicks
It's why you see me laughing at the critics
Knowing imma make it like it's written
Like Nas, gonna blow 'em with these lyrics
I got my shit to say about the culture
Knowing damn well imma face all the vultures
Aware of the risk coming with it, It's worth it
And even unprepared this moment is so perfect
I'll open all the curtains
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Wanna be the greatest in a city where they hating
I gotta chase my dreams in my cadence
Simply got fame as a target on my list
But please I want it without Satan
I want it without Satan
'Cause I know about his ways
To shorten all my days, issa talent
Cutting life short for these youngins in the streets bigger tally
They simply tryna make it
By getting all these drugs
Lacking education
The future's getting tainted
They tryna make bread where's the flour
Claiming you're ahead where's the power
Cause y'all have yet to bloom
Growing in the dark like a ghoul
Listen, I was raised in the suburbs
So they say that I'm biased
They going on a sputter
So I better stay quiet
But tell me how could I
We're dealing with a crisis
Tell me how could I
It's a crisis
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
They be talking bout our kind on the media, like we outta line
Claiming men of color simply cannot shine
Now as I'm watching and it seems
We must've believed all the lies
Conditioned to be weakened in a state of dependence
Viciously commissioned like a sale, its a sentence
Listen, I do understand
The burden of the pigment
Aware that our PM is so ignant
5 or 6 hundred is enough for your rent
Deprived from the struggle with the millions that he spent
Unable to bring change, He let us all in pain
Tryna hide a system that is broken what a shame
Cuz when yo skin colored
They assuming you're the gunner
Man... Camara never did it
Mistreated by the media
But what if he was white
You can guess it
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy, I don't know how to feel
Now I start to understand what's the issue
Corrupted politicians
Crooked population
And everyone is fissured
I guess I could say
Montreal really is starting to look like Gotham to me
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Writer(s): Daniel Saad
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