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The City Lyrics by Mr. Fritz

From Mattapan, with Love

2022

(Verse 1)
7 people, 2 bedroom apartment/
On Blue Hill Ave where it started/
Back when the Rodney Kings caught the bing
It was making me nauseous/
And all the older heads teaching me to be heartless/
Wasn't old enough to cross the street with no permission
Stole from corner stores while never raising no suspicions/
Urban scholar, chasing dollars, hoes got no commitments/
Breaking laws hoping my dog's a loyal co-defendant/
It's so relentless...
All day in the...
(Chorus)
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where niggas act up and catch that buck fifty
War going on outside, run quickly
Cutthroat niggas would love to come get me...
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where your best friends would come and dump sixty/
Leader of my class, suggest you run with me/
Tryna see the light at the end? Come with me
(Verse 2)
Born in the Pan, used to chill in the Dot/
With niggas riding with that 25-to-life in the drop/
Lotta heart, kept my eyes out for cops, you'll never know/
When they might come through with the S.W.A.T
We gotta go!
Gunshots like lullabys in my eyes/
Long kiss goodnight when shells taking flight/
Just another victim of the system/
When death hits them, they gonna turn Christian/
Uplift them...
Such a shame in the...
(Chorus)
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where niggas act up and catch that buck fifty
War going on outside, run quickly
Cutthroat niggas would love to come get me...
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where your best friends would come and dump sixty/
Leader of my class, suggest you run with me/
Tryna see the light at the end? Come with me
(Verse 3)
Baggiest clothes, brattiest hoes/
Never had it, we was savage used to grab it and go/
6 days a week was acting up, the 7th pray for the soul/
Some grimey niggas in my hood, whether friends or the foes/
I learned early; hold it down with all ten of my toes/
When it gets hot don't wanna get caught at the edge of the stove/
So many summers in the parks I still remember the smoke/
Niggas that I went to school with/
Beef and gets to shooting/
A lot of niggas moving
And we all used to it in....
(Chorus)
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where niggas act up and catch that buck fifty
War going on outside, run quickly
Cutthroat niggas would love to come get me...
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where your best friends would come and dump sixty/
Leader of my class, suggest you run with me/
Tryna see the light at the end? Come with me
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where niggas act up and catch that buck fifty
War going on outside, run quickly
Cutthroat niggas would love to come get me...
(The City...the-the-The City)
Where your best friends would come and dump sixty/
Leader of my class, suggest you run with me/
Tryna see the light at the end? Come with me
(Dom)
And now, for some violence...
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Mr. Fritz

Mr. Fritz

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