Testify-Music - Struggle (In My City) lyrics

[Intro: Testify-Music] Let me take you on journey Through the streets of my city And show you the real struggle Testify! [Verse 1: Testify-Music] What you know bout that struggle? What you know bout that pain? What you know bout dead bodies and decapitated veins? It seems like every other week Somebody's dead Waiting to be buried 6 feet deep! People laying in them caskets, regretting everything they did No signs of hope Never prayed to God except when they were kids! Now they lyin in a box cause they wanna slang some dope! This is the future of my city Less we start to make some change Man I'm tired of seeing my race Growing up thinking its okay to tout that thang Getting mad, full of range Shots fired, here comes amberlance Ain't nobody playing games no mo Police wake you up at night, bangin on yo doe God I'm praying for my city Please wake them up inside Cause at the rate they're going Ain't gone be nothing but a pool of blood like a Suicide! America, keep my city in your prayers Cause at the rate they're going They'll spend their whole life, with their hands in the air [Chorus: Testify-Music] It's going down in my city When the night time hits, better put up your fists (It's going down in my city) They say the key to being a man, is keeping a nine in ya hand (It's going down in my city) Every day it's a struggle to survive, that's why they need you on they side Lord I pray you make yourself known Cause the struggle is real, and your people are dying alone That's why, they need you to bring em to their rightful home [Verse 2: Testify-Music] Now I'm no famous artist But let me paint you picture Let me tell 'em bout that struggle Survival of the fittest I'm swinging through the jungle Time to give ‘em all the bizness You have no clue what I've been through Don't act like you know, cause I'm not you Picture a little boy picked on every day at school, because his clothes weren't cool Now picture the same little boy being raped by a girl in her 20s Nowhere to run, but down Sink or drown Thru a lot pennies into the fountain of life Wishing I could overcome this mountain called life But I had no faith up in myself No confidence at all The kids look so big And I feel so itty bitty small Tell me what I'm supposed to do? Cause I really don't have a clue I've been searching all my life, but all I found was bitterness And I'm sick of this So I'ma put my mask on and dress like the cool kids Cause round here we masked up, like it's Halloween I'm eighteen, and this is the world that I'm livin in Real struggle Repeat Chorus [Verse 3: Ga'Briel] Yeah, Ugh At home is where you replenish You suffering from the start How bout crossin over the finish They slayin' up in the streets They bad until they get sentenced, regrettin' what they done did Hoping all the of pain diminish Menace to society Can't even keep your sobriety Doin' it by yourself, and realizing yo there's no I in He Family member on the stretcher and they dyin G Hold in ya tears, cause ya homies say crying's weak Awe man it's a new day, the sun's out Angels over your shoulders, no need to bring the guns out If you lookin' for good, well trust me there's tons out It never runs out Something you know nothing bout Take His hand, take a chance, make a change yo Take a stand, raise His name, hear the pain yo Clouds moving over so the light shines Yeah I'm in my right mind Rain's gone, now it's time He fights mine Repeat Chorus