City High

(Intro: Inspectah Deck (sample))
 (Everybody on the grind, son) 8 million stories in the naked city
 (Everybody trying to eat) (It's always gonna be a struggle, in this hustle)
 This is just one (Trying to bubble, trying to live this) Realize.
 (Inspectah Deck)
 We dance with the wolves, wrestle with the pitbulls
 For fistfuls of dollars and cents, we empty pistols
 Plotting out elaborate scams to get our hands on some
 Lofts of land or maybe, thoughts of plans and they be
 Forcing my hand to make me, off this man
 I never claimed killer, I came iller stayed realer
 Our chance grows, traveled the globe, fans applauded
 But my heart still roaming the streets, they still calling
 Boat names with cocaine dreams screaming "I own the game!"
 I'm so stained Novacaine doesn't slow the pain
 Lost so many I don't fear death, no tears left
 Numbers of my years left, blessed to be here left
 When they said "At fifteen he'll be already dead"
 I'm here heavy head steady sipping Rémy Red
 Wild fellow trying to keep my mind settled
 Child of the ghetto, survived where nines echo
 (Chorus: Inspectah Deck)
 I'm just a city guy living fly getting high
 Live it till I die getting by, whipping by
 Stand solidified big times to different sides
 Here's your ticket right, follow if you feel my vibe... (My vibe)
 (Inspectah Deck)
 Yo, we caped up, ten in the lab, weapons to blast
 One with the city, fight for sections of land
 Can't sleep till the check's in my hand
 It's still a hustle, bare knuckle grind knee deep inside the struggle
 I don't give a fuck about much but my beloved and such
 'Cause nobody to trust but us
 It's New York life, walk like what you talk like
 Or you might get tossed right off the ninth floor
 Every day is war, rhoaming through the wasteland
 Focused, trying to make grands
 Hammers poaking out the waistband
 In this cash race, they can't stand the pace
 I plan to make millions and marinate
 Across town my Fam is straight
 Cash rules, so naturally it had me
 The temptress teasing me, I lust badly
 She said "You want professional and records sold? Let it go"
 And I replied "This is the only life I'll ever know..."
 (Hook: Inspectah Deck)
 (It's the only life I'll ever know... You know?)
 I trust, in no one but us
 Trust, in no one but us
 Trust, in no one but us
 (Inspectah Deck)
 Yeah, years later, hey I made it, no explaining how
 Walking forward through the fire while it rain down
 We claim Sex & Slang and aim weapons
 But still trying to live the +Good Times+ like James Evans
 And, we'll stick you for your shine
 (Hustle) Nickel for a dime
 (Trouble) This you're gonna find
 (Muscle) If you wanna grind
 (Struggle) Digits on the mind
 (Couple) Figures for the crime
 (Scuffle) Fists or with the nine
 (Bubble) Living on the line (The line, the line...)
 (Chorus)