[Intro: Kendrick Life in the city, life in the [?] for ya But we Only the strongest Life, in the city In the and nigga's tryna survive the strongest survive
[Verse 1: Lamar] You ever been a victim of being a inside your own mind? The bright lights of the street lights will you go blind Handicap your senses, you was just an apprentice of watching jump fences Now you in the Olympics and your hurdle was high enough to the tallest of clothes lines Talented when they closing in on your Life of a young delinquent even a [?] At fifteen, middle fingers walked out the I mean the cycle continue The information and fine print on the menu So you'lla never read it even if a nigga you Money out my own pocket, to make it still attend to Be on them corners stop signs and a nine Cause nine out of ten, MAC 11's cry And twelve died yesterday and if anyone The six that carried you lose they lives True
[Hook: Honeycutt] When the night falls anything can We just pray we make it out We all make it to the top one day is a street only going one way But we all make it Just try your to survive
2: Mistah F.A.B] (You all wanna see a body?) Well, follow me across the train angry and insane Blacks They crack Candles burn they were slain at And bottles get poured where they hang at Close, I you truth in this [?] Dead homies added to when truth is in question Like "Man I think he or he put that on someone" If I known you ten years, got the to say we cousins I'm from the city of broken homes, and often I was alone And momma started smoking cause daddy was scared to smoke 8 policies, Top Ramen and sunflower seeds June got kill't he ain't wanna lose his Wallaby's Constant atrocities, no one is There's no religion that can save you, say goodbye to your Whether you Muslim or a Christian, Baptist, Jewish or Adventist, or non-religious Put on your wishlist Cause....
[Hook: Kobe When the falls anything can happen We just pray we it out alive We all make it to the top one day is a street only going one way But we all wanna it Just try your best to
3: KXNG CROOKED] You in apartment and saw your father on the carpet With a belt wrapped around his arm and a scarf his armpit And a needle in his bicep Earlier morning you warned him His addict are something you couldn't digest You cry saying "I just...Don't see you die" Now you tryna dissect the fact that he hasn't opened his yet You collapsed on his and you started thinking I could perform CPR, jump start his heart if it's But his pulse to weaken His cardio region depleting as you given him part of your He dead and and you had a bad feeling when you was heading home Now it's etched in stone, you've left alone So you grabbed his gun, chrome handle all pearl, aw nah Put it to your head, thinking, everybody like a call girl in a small world Then pulled back but it clap...damn
Kobe Honeycutt] When the night falls can happen We just we make it out alive We all make it to the top one day Success is a street only one way But we all wanna it try your best to survive