We pray for a better today glocks and berettas spray

Everyday how did I survive yesterday

I can't call it cops shot the alcoholic

The fiend saw it he got the gun he want a dime for it

The hood life chicks and thugs crips and bloods

Dippin' on the judge pushin' whips and d**gs

Burnin' big buds gettin' love spinnin' them dubs

For the taste of it the low lifes'll split your mug

It's the home of the brave the zone of the slave

We all want it but gettin' it's a whole 'nother page

The young guns wantin' respect flossin' the tech

B***hes wanna strip now it's all for the check

Yo everyday lives at stake pies to bake

Same knife that cuts your throat divides the cake

For the hustlers thugs who scheme to survive

And all in between scream "f**k a 9 to 5"

In the bright lights the big city

The thieves stay crawlin' at night with eyes shifty

In the bright lights the big city

The fiends come sortin' the price with nine fifty

In the bright lights the big city

They squeeze off lustin' for shine and die quickly

In the bright lights the big city

The streets take a whole of your mind it gets gritty

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Daydreams bought and sold

The high price we livin' might cost your soul

Secret indictments furrows with roll h*es

Codefendant I hope he don't tell what he knows

Exposed to a life of crime since I was nine

Gettin' money by design despite the time

Hustlin' to be a man and feed my fam

My wife my seed my land completes the plan

Please understand either legal or scam

I see the thieves in the van I can't beat the man

Still monster ballin' eatin' speakin' ebonics

Wit foreign cars custom made clothes and chronic

Bank rolls and prophets shine solar powered

Fine h*es that's bout it long as you keep they nose powdered

Obey street laws careful what you say

You can play but you might not make it through the day

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It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder

How I keep from goin' under I'm used to gettin' over

I'm deep in the middle indeed the heat sizzle

For the littlest beef even the seeds keep pistols

Foreigners talk funny friends they want from me

But all I need is long money and a strong honey

I need it "fast" I'm "furious" like Vin Diesel

I'm lookin' at my plate wit food for ten people

So do what you gotta do do what you want to

The blocks hot like a sauna cops try to pawn you

The fiends trick you dude behind you wanna get you

On the grind your best friend'll talk for a figure

Walk wit a n***a see it don't talk about it be it

Don't walk around then beat it we all bound to feel it

This ain't the town

For real

So watch your tour

That's right

What's goin' down

What's up

Its poppin' off

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Gritty