Common - My City Lyrics
[featuring mylik yusef]This the city of chicagoThe state of confusionThe style Im using is freeOr at least it would be if my mind wasPeep Im behind causeI didnt handle my function while in high schoolAlthough I was coolThe hood I live in aint that properCause a cop a stop yaAnd have you at a hundred and eleventh before you can say not guiltyIm not filthyNor am I richAint that a *****Like life isNot your wife isSee that your better halveDo your mathAnd peep that two halves make a wholeAnd all I have to holdIs my self prideSo these streets I striveLike a black pantherAsking can theSituation get much worstAll I do is try to appeal to the massesAs the phrase keep it real passesThe teeth of too many phoney individualsSnakes, that smooth like criminalsThey create chemicalsThat the earth hateDoing their damndest to decrease my birth rateId settle for lesser knowing Im worth waitOr at least my weight in precious gemsSo Im steadily steadly steadlyTrying to lose my religion, like r e mCreated in his own image so are we him?And through all this crisesShid(shit) I wonder where christ isWell he damn sure not in k town or the wild hundredsWhere they broadcast g.d. till the world blow-upAnd stone run itHunted by police for display in state vile cagesCome out to make minimum wagesAnd with a desiese that are contagiousIt is *****ing outragesThe amounts of black and brown they lock upBut the most high encourages me to put the glock upAnd stock up on do for self knowledgeA brother couldnt afford to go to collageSo I had to learn form the school of hard knockOn the hard blocks of the chiEven i, think about moving out to river oaksAs my liver soaksIn mad hennesyCause I got a bad tendencyTo do a lot of drinkingNow I do a lot of thinkingBlinking, was your third eyeWhen you heard iWas one of the chosen oneIndustry doors keep closing(sing) watch the closing doorsNiggas want a record dealBut can they deal with a record?Cause once they get richThey tend to switchLike a sissyPlease miss meWith all that bullshit you poppingThis knowledge Im gonna keep droppingEven if you had one of them red octagonMother*****ers say mylik how you make your living?I say by breathing oxygen
