Bells are ringing on your alarm clock It's six in the morning, man the race don't stop It's just sh**, shower, shave just make it to the station Waiting for the train... goddamn train late again Hit the streets and they are seething Ducking, weaving, begging, stealing Got you kneeling and you're feeling That you wanted more That's how it goes livin' in the city Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty They don't look back, they don't take no pity Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty That's how it goes livin' in the city Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty They don't look back, they don't take no pity Well I get to the office and delete my spam Delete me, delete my plans Working everyday for the goddamn man Sometimes I wonder just who I am Well I'm gonna go postal Gonna have a d**h toll Be the head hunter Then I'm gonna move coastal Everything's gonna be just fine Working everyday on my gold mine That's how it goes livin' in the city Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty They don't look back, they don't take no pity Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty That's how it goes livin' in the city Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty They don't look back, they don't take no pity That's how it goes livin' in the city Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty They don't look back, they don't take no pity Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty That's how it goes livin' in the city Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty They don't look back, they don't take no pity Hey ya know I never said it would be pretty