J-live - The City lyrics

[Verse 1 - Surreal] Sunshine through the metro, outline the sky scrape Feel the flow of the city man it vibrates Trash in the gutter Garbage truck make stops Traffic backed up 'til your bumping for eight blocks The beat cops patrol the street tops Bodega by day but at night it's the weed spot Right down the block is a project tenement Looks like Lebanon when bombs just leveled it Couches in the courtyard, brown stone buildings Young guns illin', trying to make a k**ing It's all about the schillings so they gotta get the feeling It's survival of the poor man trying to make a million In the park there's some children, sand castle building Watching and learning from the role model villains Amongst the chaos and doom, a flower still blooms Light up the night sky just like the moon You ever seen a rose grow on a concrete tomb Or the rain cool the block in the middle of June I have in the city, plenty call home It's got a pulse and a mind of it's own [Hook x2] The city is awake, it's alive and well All through the years it's survived to tell The stories of the glory and the people that fell Some call it heaven and others call it hell [Verse 2 - J-Live] See for me it's the peace with the magnetic So many people on the outside just can't get it Seeking greener pastures away from jungles made of concrete Succumbing to their fears of the city street See every place has got its pros and cons It's just the city is so concentrated That you can get frustrated As if the cons is overweight And the pros is overrated It's an acquired taste Your preference might be a quiet place With breezy trees on blocks that feel safe Some say it's too pricey and no place to raise Kids where crime pays and stray bullets graze But if by amazing greats he can survive these places Where rats race and cats chase with a trace of Civilization, righteous inclination and indignation It's an indication that the world is yours Pick a cause and be the infectious effect Be what's next, disprove all them idiots This message brought to you by a grown city kid [Hook]