Rashad & Confidence - The City lyrics

[Verse 1] In the metropolis the all-seeing eye steady watching us Traffic lights on every corner got cameras that monitor us The city takes no novices, so you better be street savvy Never fall asleep, the snakes creep gradually It's hard to keep your sanity or raise your seeds and family In this jungle we occupy, forever breathing tragedy Gun-toting goons put wounds in your anatomy Just to make the cash in their pockets expand dramatically Shorties running rampantly with no guidance or role models Living their lives like young Tony Sopranos Cause rappers and crime figures seem to be their biggest idols I guess that's how the city life influences dudes The only prospects are those that Biggie spit in the booth About selling powder to sniff or getting rich shooting hoops My advice is to stay away from criminal pursuits And don't let the city's venom taint your innocence of youth [Bridge] Ay yo, from my world to yours kid, it's all the same struggle We in a warzone trying to maintain the hustle Some escape the jungle in search of better landscapes While others chase the urban life, cause they like the fast pace [Hook] The city, where cats be trying to boost up the crime rate The city, shorties'll bust they guns till their palms ache The city, a place they say it's hard to succeed at The city, but still that's my favorite place to be at [Verse 2] Tenement buildings, bus stops and subways Dudes sitting on the park benches while they puff haze Trying to take their moms away from living in this rough maze Knuckleheads busting dumdums while others duck strays Trying to act tough and say they made it on the front page But that's the routine, this fast life will never lose steam Drama filled streets influence scripts on the movie screen Discretion is advised if your eyes dare to view a scene But on the flipside, far from confusion and distraction O.G.'s be on the block, chilling on the stoop relaxed Watching the drug merchants and consumers interacting Bootleggers displaying CDs with the music blasting Outside the sneaker spot where you can cop the newest fashion Graffiti covered properties sprayed up by the vandals And basketball courts with kids who're nice with the handles Those are just some brief descriptions of the city life environment [Bridge] [Hook] [Verse 3] Everybody's on the run putting in labor and sweat Either out chasing a dream or maybe chasing a check Some people succeed but only a few make an attempt At escaping this grand chessboard paved with cement We try to see our wages raised to the greatest extent So we can be comfortable, live stable and content Cause to carry cash by the fistful, cats'll blast their pistol Materialism got them starving to make their wrist glow The streets got their minds held captive, it's that simple I can tell by looking at the bars attached to every window Soon as you feel the breeze from the city wind blow It's like you're instantly motivated to go and get dough That's just the rush that touches you once you dwell in these urban districts The urge to earn figures at a very absurd percentage Whether suburban or urban you could observe the difference But I prefer the place that gave birth to my existence [Bridge] [Hook]