Torae - Coney Island lyrics

(I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) [ HOOK 2X ] (I was born and raised in the slums...) Coney Island, Coney Island (...of every city) Yo It ain't gon get more hood or get more slum Than 23rd and Mermaid, that's where I'm from And even though the beach and board walk is fun Come seven blocks past Nathan's, you're done Neptune and Surf, murder made the worst n***as came in Benzes, left in a hearse And if they spare your life, your j**els and your cash You're dispersed, biz know CI n***as thirst You prolly think it's all beach and amusement park You would be a fool to peruse after dark You will see the tool comin through Kaiser Park Cause late night n***as dig graves, and it's comp then Blazin is nothin, n***as came through beefin Got clapped and left at the precint Now I ain't sayin it is right or is decent But what it is is real and that's why I speak it [ HOOK 4X ] n***a, I'm a native New Yorker Coney Isle made me the greatest of authors The greatest sh** talkers The beachcombin, boardwalkin stalkers Y'all n***as gased by The Warriors Well, it ain't no Cyrus here n***as do crimes, it ain't no sirens there n***as do time and don't nobody care How we gon cry, that's a no sign affair, nobody tears We heartless, n***a, raised in the pits Where you will catch charges before you catch with a mitt Where you catch bodies or react from a hit And catch the n***a who did it and clap at his wis' n***as more prone to get clapped from a chick Than get a good job and look after his kids I know it's foul but reality is That I'm from Coney Isle and that's what it is [ HOOK 4X ] They say it's all good in the hood - nah, misconception n***as in the hood suffer from a misdirection They care more how a n***a rims reflectin Than care about who gon win the election If QU is hectic, then CI on some next sh** Prodigy and Hav got the message The kids is reckless, projects, homes infested And no, can't sh** correct it [ HOOK 4X ] (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city) (I was born and raised in the slums of every city)