Yeah bells are ringing on your alarm clock
It's six in the morning, man the race don't stop
I just shit, shower, shave, make it to the station
Waiting for the train, god damn the train late again
Hit the streets and they are seething
Duck and weave, begging, stealing
Got no kneeling and your feeling
That you want it more
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
Hey you know I never said it would be pretty
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
Well I head to the office and delete my spam
What be, delete my plans
Working everyday for the god damn man
Sometimes I wonder just who I am
Where I'm gonna go, don't know
Gonna have a dental
"?" then I'm gonna move coastal
Everything gonna be just fine, working every day on my gold
Mine
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
Hey you know I never said it would be pretty
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
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That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
Hey you know I never said it would be pretty
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity
Hey you know I never said it would be pretty
That's how it goes, livin' in the city
Everybody getting down to the nitty gritty
They don't look back, they don't take no pity