Cityyyyyy Lifeee

I'm walking down the block I'm in the cityscape Chasing down a break Out here to meet my fate Every day is new Every day is change Have to ride the tidal wave As all things rearrange Stores they come and go Stories write themselves Neighbors lived in Heaven Now they're in a living Hell This city has a life A life that's all its own That neighborhood was live 'Til it died, dead and gone This is the city life This is the place I roam This is the place where I reside Now I just call my home This is the city life This is the place I roam This is the place where I reside Now I just call my home I'm still paying rent For this apartment house In the past five years The neighbors priced me out Landlord raised my rent He's grabbing every cent I'm out here grabbing straws Looking for a place to rest Now the rent is rising Every place I look And every landlord that I meet Is looking like a crook They just want my money Don't care if I can eat They don't care if I sleep out here In the naked street This is the city life This is the place I roam This is the place where I reside Now I just call my home This is the city life This is the place I roam This is the place where I reside Now I just call my home Some dudes in neighborhoods They're out here packing heat They're shooting little kids By accident out in the street They're shooting grown adults They'll say, "It's not my fault" Cops push 'em in the car Lock 'em in the vault Then march off to court Get charges for their sins The lives they took you know They're never coming back again Now some will feel remorse Others just shrug it off But either way the game they played It was a total loss This is the city life This is the place I roam This is the place where I reside Now I just call my home This is the city life This is the place I roam This is the place where I reside Now I just call my home