Tattoo the City

To my people living in the glitch
Flip side of the flashy city
To some of them, we might not exist
They're way wrong, we're just off the limits

Off the grid, living in the glitch
In a world that's so narcissistic
We group, refuse, and resist
To become a statistic

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Tattoo the city
Tattoo the city with your name
Tattoo the city

Talk to me, baby
Talk to me, let me know your pain
Tattoo the city

Let me hear your story
Say it from the start
Tell me about your anger
Tell it from your heart

I know how it feels
They don't want us to take part
But we build our own thing, baby
Do it with your art

I love your confidence
How you do it and don't think about the consequence
That got me scared to death
We can't use you exposing our false pretense

You're the future, the mute
You don't make no sense
You're the truth no
Matter how gruesome it gets

There's beauty in your honesty
Won't feel with false modesty
Resist when they try to make a life a commodity

We live life, no apologies
Giving life to our wildest dreams
We live life, no apologies
We are here 'till we finally freeze

[Chorus]
Tattoo the city
Tattoo the city with your name
Tattoo the city

Talk to me, baby
Talk to me, let me know your pain
Tattoo the city
Tattoo the city with your name

Pins and needles, needles like pens
Pressed against the flesh of the evening
It's bleeding in a sense
Dripping, we leave our innocence

Sometimes, slipping, we leave our fingerprints
But, can't be discouraged
Gotta nourish our uniqueness
Deep in that tunnel we discover our secrets

Our habitat is the wrong side of the tracks
Outlaw but the law don't side with the facts, so

We living in that little glitch
Between time and space
The place that don't exist

Really we that little ich
You can't scratch if you do
You get pushed to the edge
And might question everything you been taking for granted
I have foundation solid, your walls are padded

You might discover that you've also had it
But don't be scared, ain't no cause for panic, just

[Chorus]
Tattoo the city
Tattoo the city with your name
Tattoo the city

Talk to me, baby
Talk to me, let me know your pain
Tattoo the city
Tattoo the city with your name