(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)