The City (feat. Levi)

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