[Verse 1: Godemis]
My dude used to be the kingpin of the street
Pump like seven days straight out of the week with no sleep
Rolled in the beach, rolling the trees up
Smoking and dip in the whip
Hittin' the turns like he don't give a shit
'Cause if he crashes then that can be some kind of resolve
Plus every time he tries to balance legally he falls
For all the clapping ain't no kind of applause from the crowd
They only move in when them gun blasts ring out
I got a call from my [?]
Yesterday he said that somebody drove by
Sprayin' right at his path, they screeched off after tagging his dad
In the back now he may never return, the high was prior to that
The shit is wack, true, [?] but
Considering it's pops push pounds of weed [?]
The only thing coming from under is people poppin'
Bruise marks 'round the corner because the city is rotten like

[Verse 2: Ubiquitous]
I rep civility, keep the peace
Even got thugs feelin' me to keep the peace
Tucked in they waistbands, stuck in a wasteland
Sick is the superflu, I make stance
My hustle is straight
Back in the day bustin' on tape
Nowadays up in the place, crushing a break
They can't hold me, I'm rushing the gate
Chest out, stressed out, clutchin' my face
How much can I take?
Test my crew, Ces the glue that got 'em stuck on
Stupid like dudes like you don't even do it right
[?] me and [?] drive through the night
Get to the spot spittin' it hot, keep it true to life
Cue the lights! I shoot 'em right in their third eye, their chakra burst
Rest of life they walk the Earth
And y'all destiny is better than [?]
Glocks and turf, a product that'll block ya serve
I heard shots down the street, get off of your feet
Heads run with redrum, the swallow is cheap
Fuck you gon' do? Just let the hood rot from the inside out
Watch what you could stop 'cause
[Chorus]
My block's rotten from the inside out
And my street's rotten from the inside out
And my hood's rotten from the inside out
You know the whole city rotten from the inside out
My block's rotten from the inside out
And my street's rotten from the inside out
So my hood's rotten from the inside out
You know the whole city rotten from the inside out

[Verse 3: Vertigone]
[?] they're lost in [?]
[?] cause vendettas so peep
I'm altruistic so I know these scars
So pay now or payout, like it's [?]
They get bound in feather and found in skeletal corpses
Tarred and feathered and marked with letters of scarlet
Then I [?] this [?] Cenobites
We've been aligned, vilify, legitimize villainy
They scrape on the bottom like a centipede [?] literally
Bellowing litanies, war cries
Your vision is blurred
I command from a beacon that can spit in a bird's eye
[?] interject at the cost of patients
A militant with minimal compensation
I stand firm from a distance
Can never let this shit fly
They rotten from the inside out
[Verse 4: Lucid]
Hip hop is rotten from the inside out
You know why, so many clues to go by, it ain't hard to tell
The devil marks its wealth sellin' syndicates
Tellin' 'bout shit they don't have so they wish they did
Big whips and cribs, this wicked business investing convincing them
It's better to serve the twenty-five to life on a prison bid
Than score ninety-five percent on a written quiz, how sick is that?
Considering that most of these kids lack accredited schools
So opportunity for jobs to pursue [?] graduate
Oh way to go, the neighborhood ain't safe no more 'cause rappers on the radio telling them how to make some dough
And who's gonna say this so when they begin to play the role
Those they idolize realize the ratio of those that makes
Compared to those that don't
It's no joke, now they're going for broke and so it goes

[Chorus]
My block's rotten from the inside out
And my street's rotten from the inside out
And my hood's rotten from the inside out
You know the whole city rotten from the inside out
My block's rotten from the inside out
And my street's rotten from the inside out
So my hood's rotten from the inside out
You know the whole city rotten from the inside out