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Detroit city got me gritty I'm I can't help it I hope to make it with this hand I was dealt with Staring out my rear view, looking for a clear It's hard to pray to God when you feel the devils you Kids turn to burglars, are full of murders Enough to turn you cold so we all pack Junkies by the and they trying to keep warm Doing right ain't feeling right so I rather do The world is on fire you can hear the burning The oil is running out but the wheels turning ain't certain so I'm living for today I to go to college but prison's in the way Enough stress to turn me crazed so I'm looking older You for colder if you turn the wrong corner Life expectancy is shorter than you really can Hope to see 23, the thing I'm asking
It's another day alone, a war to survive I'm all on my own, hope to make it alive the street life, street life It's the street life, life
My heart's turned to stone man it's like it died You could run and run forever but there no where to hide It's the life, street life It's the street life, life
Now who the hell's there, someone's knocking on my I feel death is out to get me to make it out for sure ain't a star in the sky so it's hard to make a wish I might be the to die, hard to see through the mist Blowing from my mother, give a hug to my brother Light a candle on the mantle, say a prayer, say a street life, we fight for everything we got It's the street life, three strikes, the only we got I make my in the hallway, feast by the doorway Sell a pack, make a stack, be here all day Hustle it's broad day, forget what the law say to the jungle you a long way from broadway Never knock the and they really would've see is Pistol in my jeans, see the demons in my dreams Now what it mean when your body turns numb? And you're scared of comin so you begin to run
It's day alone, it's a war to survive I'm all on my own, hope to make it alive It's the street life, street It's the street life, life
My heart's turned to man it's almost like it died You could run and run forever but there ain't no to hide It's the street life, life It's the street life, street
the cops, call the swastik, gotta mend me a loose Doose doose in my goose ain't no a truce I spit the truth and nothing but it, now why can't I the bucket I'm used to having so I'm always having something Have my on the front, why the hell would I lie I know where I'm going, why the hell should I try Everybody's getting locked up, turning chopped up Girls are being knocked up, being mocked up You could get up so watch how you talking The city's scorching so watch where you walking can happen often so it's really nothing new to me Usually, you catch a kiss before puberty People's screaming unity but nothing seems to Everybody's on the way, diamond knows in my brain Enough to make a man insane, all I is the rain I wanna welcome you to the city full of
It's another day alone, it's a war to I'm all on my own, hope to it home alive It's the street life, street It's the street life, street
My turned to stone man it's almost like it died You could run and run forever but there no where to hide It's the street life, life It's the street life, street
another day alone, it's a war to survive I'm all on my own, hope to make it home It's the street life, street It's the street life, street
My heart's turned to man it's almost like it died You run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide It's the life, street life the street life, street life
It's the street life, street