[Intro: Lamar] in the city, life in the city [?] for ya But we Only the survive Life, in the city In the city and nigga's tryna Only the survive
[Verse 1: Kendrick You ever been a victim of being a inside your own mind? The bright lights of the lights will make you go blind Handicap senses, you was just an apprentice of watching niggas jump fences Now you in the Olympics and your hurdle was enough to clear the tallest of clothes lines Talented they closing in on your behind Life of a young even stole a [?] At fifteen, fingers walked out the precinct I mean the cycle just The vital and fine print on the menu So you'lla never read it even if a nigga you out my own pocket, to make it right You'll still to Be on them with stop signs and a nine Cause times out of ten, MAC 11's cry And twelve died yesterday and if divides The six that carried you eventually lose lives True
Kobe Honeycutt] When the night falls can happen We just pray we make it out We all make it to the top one day Success is a street going one way But we all make it try your best to survive
[Verse 2: F.A.B] (You all see a dead body?) Well, follow me the train tracks Where angry and insane slang crack Candles burn where they were at And bottles get poured where would hang at Close, I give you in this [?] Dead homies added to swears when is in question "Man I think he lying or he put that on someone" If I known you ten years, got the right to say we I'm from the city of homes, and often I was home alone And momma started smoking cause daddy was scared to smoke Section 8 policies, Top Ramen and seeds got kill't cause 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 survival on wishlist Cause....
[Hook: Kobe When the night anything can happen We just pray we it out alive We all make it to the top one day Success is a street only one way But we all make it Just try best to survive
[Verse 3: KXNG You walked in apartment and saw father on the carpet With a belt wrapped around his arm and a scarf under his And a shoved in his bicep this morning you warned him His addict habits are something you couldn't You cry "I just...Don't wanna see you die" Now you tryna dissect the that he hasn't opened his eyes yet You on his body and you started thinking I could perform CPR, jump start his if it's beating But his pulse to weaken His cardio depleting as you given him part of your breathing He dead and gone and you had a bad feeling when you was heading Now it's etched in stone, you've been 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 pulled back but it didn't clap...damn
Kobe Honeycutt] When the night falls can happen We pray we make it out alive We all wanna it to the top one day Success is a street going one way But we all make it Just try your to survive