Madlib - City lyrics

[Verse 1: Karriem Riggins] In and out city limits, there's many men and women Broke, when they get dough they never try to spend it Why? ‘Cause you know they say we living in a recession Never listen to the government, you know they on a mission And, I'm here to tell you, I be in my zone listenin' When you travel abroad, then you can see the difference in Economies oversea and Italy Every other whip is Maserati QP I never learned the ins and outs while livin' in the D Or how to pay the taxes on the income I receive Yeah, I guess that's how the politics be We gon' have to pave the way for y'all [?] With Exxon stop price bubblin' The gas price on my [?] is doublin' Higher than the giraffe's a**, they 'bout to stick it to ya They got a shovel, 'bout to dig in your stash [Hook: Karrium Riggins] That's why we on tour and (In the city) We live, we on tour and in your (City) That's why we on tour and (In the city) We live, we on tour and in your [Verse 2: Freddie Gibbs] Yeah, moving in my Cutla** through the city limits [?] leaking in the bucket, yeah we was [?] Hit the stomach, have you looking forward to Thanksgiving Cold Spam, fried balogna, yeah I forgot to mention That's what I was raised on, jumped off in the game on I was thinking lobster like a mobster, getting my sting on Bald caps, [?] erection, get you banged on Living like Tony Soprano, I'll make the district change the gang laws Gang bang, gang land, dope exchange hands Back in '01, I hit a gangsta lick for eighty grand Comparing me to these rappers, you must be playin' I'm a f**ing naked fire, you just a flash in the pan, God damn And if I wasn't rapping, I'd be still flossin' Jumped up off that phony label, now I'm straight bossin' I'm selling keys to dope fiends, sleep walkin' Push a cold nine, dead once you crossin' in my city [Hook: Karrium Riggins] Yeah, we live, we on tour and in your (City) That's why we on tour and (In the city) We live, we on tour and in your (City) (City) (In the city) (In the city) (In the city)