[Verse]
Concrete jungle, dreams get choked in the vines,
Every step forward, hear the devil rewind,
Shells on the pavement where hope done bled,
City's a tombstone, names of the misled.
[Chorus]
Survive or get swallowed, streets ain't fair,
Hands in the fire, just to breathe fresh air,
Every block got a story, scars on the map,
Trying to climb out this pit, spitting bars that snap.
[Verse 2]
Roaches and rats, they the tenants in the grime,
Moonlight kissing crimes, streets committing the time,
Mama pray nightly, tears soaked in the scripture,
But the rent don't pay, just another sad picture.
[Bridge]
Chain-link fences crown kings of nothin',
Dreams in the gutter, gold teeth bluffin',
Systems cracked, it's a trap, no escape,
Nightmares fight my sight, I stay awake.
[Verse 3]
Their laws written in chalk, bodies the pen,
Tomorrow ain't promised if you don't fight to win,
Broke pockets, full heart, tired knuckles for bread,
But starving turns saints into sinners instead.
[Chorus]
Survive or get swallowed, streets ain't fair,
Hands in the fire, just to breathe fresh air,
Every block got a story, scars on the map,
Trying to climb out this pit, spitting bars that snap.