City Lights (feat. Pase Rock & Substantial)

Always in trouble need love on the double spent cake
 And a lifetime climbing to the level
 Contract with the devil loopholed expiration date
 On the side of good people always set the record straight
 Round and round the piano keys meditate
 Felt in the music need it now can't let it wait
 Not a secret everything is all out and exposed
 It's going down like the water in the river flows
 How it goes another day another story told
 Stuck inside the puzzle searching still trying to get a hold
 Forgotten souls got lost in the cold trying
 To get freedom now they need 'em walking down to hope road
 Said they hope so but it was a no go
 Front row stage show well placed logo
 Fancy lights and the cameras are on
 But he don't care he's just there to sing another sad love song
 Fade to black the soundtrack to another night
 The music of the rain and the city lights
 Feel no pain it makes the whole city bright
 Without the sparkle or hype it's just another night
 (Pase Rock)
 And they all knew what it was from the first glance
 No excuses should've planned in advance man
 (Substabtial)
 Documented on ProTools or Tascam
 Struggles & hustles of an ordinary black man
 (pase rock)
 Spin a record with two week life span
 Can't find a good girl so we hug the mic stand
 (Substantial)
 Not a lot of paper left in his right hand
 Making enemies of folks he treated like fam
 (pase rock)
 Stone cold solid rock every point stop
 What you lean on soon as the pressure drops
 (Substantial)
 Ghetto hot
 Know the ledge and you'll hear the shot
 But he'll never stop
 'Til his name's known on every block
 (pase rock)
 Spread my wings fly away to the night beat
 He's wide awake while the rest of the city sleeps
 (Substantial)
 In these gritty streets
 Dudes creep with plenty heat
 Pay it no mind and we grind losing plenty sleep
 Yo... Yo...
 Some play for keeps while you laid asleep
 In the dark your worst nightmare waits for he
 Anything discern, no dawn or despair
 Air's crisp and calm I think a storm is near
 And I'm watching lightning dance across the skyline
 Usually miss it, rarely find time
 To bask in blackness, hint of line shine
 But in a jazz pub chilling, sippin with fine wine
 Hypnotize by the strum of the upright
 Feel like lost souls got their eyes on me some nights
 So keep my eyes wide and move cautious
 Slip and find yourself in a brand new coffin
 By the morning...
 Now you're the one with the night breed
 You should've known better if you're anything like me
 But the city lights will seduce you
 Daywalkers beware if it's not what you're used to