[Verse]
City lights blink, the devil's Morse code
Concrete jungle, heavy is the load
Foreign whip purring, streets feel cursed
Windows cracked, chronic smoke dispersed
Suitcase stuffed, not a traveler’s dream
State lines blur, chasing that cream
Troopers on the prowl, cherries in the rear
Heart pounding heavy, can't show fear
[Chorus]
Living in the city, where the nights don’t sleep
Moving bricks in the dark, promises to keep
Try to do it right, but the system don’t play
Forced into the shadows, just to see the day
[Verse 2]
Phone buzz like a hive, calls never end
Enemies fake, can’t tell foe from friend
Dreams in the rearview, nightmares ahead
Illegal hustle keeping the fam fed
Foreigns glide smooth, streets like butter
Whip tinted black, whispers in the gutter
Chronic burns slow, smoke curling tight
Duck the blue lights, vanish into night
[Chorus]
Living in the city, where the nights don’t sleep
Moving bricks in the dark, promises to keep
Try to do it right, but the system don’t play
Forced into the shadows, just to see the day
[Verse]
Bricks in the bag, dreams in the stash
Started with the scams, turned schemes into cash
Back when the block had me locked in a cycle
Now I flip stocks, new wave, go viral
Bodega runs with a Glock in the sweats
Now it's tailored suits, cut checks, no regrets
BMW slide, city lights in the rear
From corner store fears to champagne cheers
[Chorus]
Came up, came up, turned the dirt into gold
From the projects to the penthouse, story retold
Money on my mind, never folding, never blind
New York grind, now the whole world’s mine
[Verse 2]
Used to hit licks, masked up in the night
Now I sign leases, black ink, new heights
Portfolio fat, watch the market move
No more crack packs, just business grooves
Wall Street plots where the rats used to scurry
Blueprints laid out, no need to hurry
Stack on stack, watch the empire grow
From the 718 to the IPO glow
[Chorus]
Came up, came up, turned the dirt into gold
From the projects to the penthouse, story retold
Money on my mind, never folding, never blind
New York grind, now the whole world’s mine
