Nas - The Get Down: Episode 1 - Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope For A Treasure lyrics

I came from the city Yeah, got my name from the city Where? The most dangerous city Let's take a trip back, back into time 1977, it was maximum crime The President neglected us, him and 6 masterminds 6 powerful men put New York through some drastic times The rich and selfish ones, feed off the welfare ones And which borough suffered the worst? Hmm, where I'm from The Bronx We had to rumble with rivals on the rubble While buildings around us would crumble I dreamed right but it seemed like nothin' found me but trouble I see the light, it's right there at the end of the tunnel Had to find my rope, to pull me up Cause I needed some kind of hope, to fill me up 'Til I met one guy, took me under the wing I could have died if this man ain't intervene He was an orphan, my savior, free spirited No man braver, he was honored and gifted His name was Shaolin Fantastic, the lady-k**in' romantic Can't forget the day we met, and this story recants it But yo my life began last year, soph*more of high school That summer I saw her, said to myself, "She'll be my wife soon"