Artist: CunninLynguists f/ Zumbi (Zion I) Album: Strange Journey Volume Three Song: In the City Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com [Chorus] In the city.. it's always been that way In the city.. it's always been that way [Zumbi] In my city is blacks and blocks Where avenues and street tops, where people struggle to sleep Ahk There's trouble and beef, gold teeth rocks Get, thrown at the higher power but don't reach Pops, ain't home, momma been long gone away, so the children run stray Cannibalistic war play It's animalistic where I stay, the devil wan' play and, too many contestants, that's er'ry day The level gon stay where it’s at, stay strapped It's the mantra recital, it conquers the bible By any means see survival When friends turn to rivals it's liable for these confrontations to be homicidal A dog hollers back at the sirens The pain is so blinding, forgot we all diamonds [Chorus] [Deacon The Villain] Ain't nothin uglier... Ain't nothin prettier... Them corner stores, whores, drugs galore Exploitation's core, guns and gore I abhor each metropolis between these shores and then I see it, faith in humanity restored An act so selfless that I break out in applause Giving so +elvish+ that it must be Santa Clause In the city, dogs, foaming at the jaws That's kept the voice of justice in its claws, get the gauze Because it can silence the loudest man Whether concrete, dirt, canal or sand You can blacktop, but the backdrop remains With the same plots repeating like famed refrains The stains, stare at ya, intensity of character Gotta be Darwinistic, got a propensity to bury ya Home of the merriest, land of the nefarious Tomorrow it's the city that will carry us - prepare [Chorus] "Man can die there, no one ever know his name... in the city"