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

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

And they all knew what it was from the first glance

No excuses should've planned in advance man

Documented on ProTools or Tascam

Struggles & hustles of an ordinary black man

Spin a record with two week life span

Can't find a good girl so we hug the mic stand

Not a lot of paper left in his right hand

Making enemies of folks he treated like fam

Stone cold solid rock every point stop

What you lean on soon as the pressure drops

Ghetto hot

Know the ledge and you'll hear the shot

But he'll never stop

'Til his name's known on every block

Spread my wings fly away to the night beat

He's wide awake while the rest of the city sleeps

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