(verse1)
It's that London city London town London rain London clouds a gritty city where there chasing after London pounds, 16 years I've been rolling London's underground i give these fools the run around for tryna take my London crown, London town London streets out to the London peeps lets rally up and go to battle with the London beast, London streets London pubs streets full of London thugs don't get it twisted I'm just tryna show some London love, London girls London guys London earls London spies i see the devil through the optics of my London eyes, London hood London ally London ghetto London valley you come from out of town don't mess around cause London's aggy, London thief's London crooks London beats London hooks these London feds are quick to show you how the dungeon looks, so act up I'll turn you quick to jello cause I'm a witty fellow that was raised in the city ghetto.
(hook)
In this world of no pity i was raised in the ghetto of the city, ooh hmmmmmm
x2
(verse2)
City scene city nights city fiends city fights city hookers late at night under the city lights, city pimps city players city shotta's city baller's city hustlers hanging round the city corners, city news city lies city shoes city ties city buildings that reach up to the city skies, corporate fat cats have eaten all the city pies and you can catch the city blues for tryna live that city life, city job city desk city bills city debts city stress be the cause of most the cities deaths, and on a real sometimes i feel the cities hopeless the way the system be dealing with the cities homeless, you see the cities exploited by the city gangsters London mafia aka the city bankers, this ghetto lifestyle were living it ain't nothing pretty but there's no pity when living in a ghetto city.
(hook)
In this world of no pity i was raised in the ghetto of the city, ooh hmmmmmm
x2
(verse 3)
I'm from the ghetto city where there's no pity where the cost of living rises and the wages are shitty, it be a place where poverty has tightened its grip and survival of the fit means you survive if you rich, see this ghetto city its a hell of a place full of ghetto youths with ghetto views and ghetto estates, there's many trapped inside this ghetto tryna make an escape forsaking a fate of venomous snakes with devilish traits, yet i survive i know the codes of the street keep your hustle on a low and never shit where you sleep, another day another drama man this shits getting deep too many people out here struggling with nothing to eat, so I'm on a mission exposing dodgy politicians for taking the piss by taking away the pot to piss in, many go missing for messing round this ghettos gritty but there's no pity when raised in a ghetto city.
(hook)
In this world of no pity i was raised in the ghetto of the city, ooh hmmmmmm
x2
credits
from FILFOLOGY,
released November 17, 2013
Woods (Bunker Beats) on production
A deeply moving hip-hop epic structured around voice recordings from the Aussie rapper's family, friends, and therapist. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 1, 2023
