Van Hunt - It's a Mysterious Hustle lyrics

The world's no place to raise a child You've been dropped into the wild You're here now and the clock is winding down Let me show you how to work your way through the crowd It's a mysterious hustle, you got to figure out this hustle To overcome the place where you come from It's a mysterious hustle born in the middle of a puzzle Just a step in front of fire breathing dragons The world's a blur of twisting limbs Why the hurry with so much in front of them? The old man, he makes no such attempts creeping slowly Chasing the golden dim of the nights behind him It's a mysterious hustle born in the middle of a struggle A 100 yard sprint, from the beginning and from the end It's a mysterious hustle, sociopathic bubble bath It's no place to raise a child It's a race to the bottom of the pile where all the junkies Collide and bend in a field of equal-sized tents Entertaining lies in small print where you'll find What was said and what was really meant (Stay close to me) Now I'm faced with the very real task of saving you But the best thing I'll ever do is protect you Remember they're all lonely Even though they're cheek to cheek If you follow the beaten path it will keep you tied to the past And you'll live and die with the anguish of never getting it back These are the rules and they are always changing (Stay close to me) As hard as this life is it could be just the playoffs Some people put their lives in the hands of God Bet on yourself just in case your life Is in the hands of the odds