City of Grime

[Intro]
Yo

[Hook]
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids
Come on
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids

[Verse 1]
Welcome to the city of grime where all vision is blind
You’ll find much more than I spit in this rhyme
No limits, homeless live for a drink of the wine
And some work full time to gain a kink in their spine
Whеre drugs are easy to find, weed trees arе inside
Graffiti signed up, everywhere minds compete with designs
The streets and the lines, can’t be seen in the night
‘Cause out here everyone wants a piece of the pie
Where people are divided but still take the same path
Where some sit all day just to watch a train pass
Where some drift away and sit and hate glass
Teach ‘emselves ambitions and set the goals that they pass
Some create masks just to hide behind
But me? Nah, I just make bars just to write a rhyme
So decide your time
‘Cause when the streets die at night you’re the only one that can find the light

[Hook]
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids
Come on
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids

[Verse 2]
In this place I see a space sorroundin’ me
You see a limited capacity and a habitat of boundries
I see the ground we walk on is allowed to keep
Territories, we explore the streets when you sound asleep
You see a thousand reasons why the youth is out of reach
I see a bunch of lost souls not allowed to speak
You see drugs that are sendin’ ‘em savage
I see confused minds being dependent on habits
‘Cause you see a polluted drain pipe
I see the illusion of paint dryin’ in the movement of daytime
If you see vandalism I see hands with rhythm
That spray lines and brighten faded crates on your train ride
Visions are different, some stranded in terror
What’s one man’s junk is another man’s treasure
‘Cause crime is a way of life, but nothin’s free
So make a mistake and pay the price
Some spend their days and pray to Christ
Others develop ways to blaze a mic or a pipe
Some don’t know whether it’s day or night
Timed addicts, ‘cause drug habits have claimed their life
And it’s more than rough when you see kids that used to look up to you skip school to score a bud
And loudmouths like to talk it up
And junkies get a taste of the drugs
When they can’t afford the rush, it sucks

[Hook]
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids
Come on
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids

[Verse 3]
‘Cause out here everyone’s got a mind of their own
And each one of mine is different, every rhyme that I’ve flown
And times are known now to watch your step talkin’ threats
Puttin’ force to your thoughts to ensure your rep
The war progresses into a glory match
Train tracks so paint patterns illustratin’ a story left
Before it’s red, different inside set the story
And crews head forth to set their floors and their territiories
In a city that never dies it’s never boring
Welcome to my world, the mental ward I was stored in
Even just for talkin’ the law can be bought in
So we dwell in tunnels where the storm water pours in
And it’s sort of awkward with no warning
When kids use the city as a playground to commit more sin
So walk in to my world
Where b-boys pose in still frames
While the four spins

[Hook]
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids
Come on
Everyday here’s the same old thing
It’s a playground
Just to stage these sins
That’s the way that it stays
That’s the way that it is
This is one man at war for the crazy kids