[Intro: Deniro Farrar]
Yeah, I got the city on my back nigga
Charlotte, that's me nigga
Spadez, what's happenin' (what's happenin')
K.O.B.K. the murda gang (bwah)
Kill or be killed nigga (yuh)
Yeah, and you a dead man walking (yuh)
[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)
[Verse 1: Deniro Farrar]
(Ayy)
And I put Charlotte on my back, now haters on my heels
Runnin' from my past got me grippin' on my steel
Tryin' to make it rappin' but rappin' ain't payin' bills
Judge gave my nigga mandatory no appeal
Got me prayin' on my knees
'Cause shit real (flip)
Flippin' packs knowin' you won't make a mil
Niggas still hustle 'cause they don't know nothin' different
Now they runnin' to them graves
And they gettin' locked in prison
Got me wantin' better (better)
So I'm livin' better (better)
But shit hard when you out here with no cheddar
Still tryin' to hustle but I'm seein' I'm no clever
Beefin' with these pussy niggas
Got me strapped with my beretta
They say time heals all
Time made me better
Wishin' I could fly, I'm a bird with no feathers
Lackin' my umbrella still prepared for this weather
Promised mama when I make it that we gon' be rich forever
[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)
[Verse 2: Deniro Farrar]
Now they sayin' I won't make it
They prayin' I won't make it
Unafraid of the risk, shit, somebody gotta take it
Stomach start to rumble, hear the hunger when it's achin'
Quarterbackin' all these quarters I'm feelin' like Troy Aikman
Heart startin' to race and back and forth pacin'
Dodgin' pigs tryin' to bring home the bacon
Chasin' fast money 'cause I'm living with no patience
Put my city on my back, you can quote me when I say it
Ain't nobody fuckin' with me I'm doper than Ronald Reagan
Digital scales weighin' grams of the Sarah Palin
Distributed on blocks where young niggas be hangin'
Livin' without no hope so hopefully, where I'm hangin'
Gangbangin' and slangin'
One day I can rise above my situation
But it's hard when you rap, and everybody rap
It remind me of the trap
Promised mama I'ma make it and put Charlotte on the map
[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]
Got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)
[Bridge/Guitar Solo: Deniro Farrar]
I got the city on my back (got the city on my back)
I will not accept defeat (I will not accept defeat)
Hell under my feet
I'ma make it and put Charlotte on the map (and put Charlotte on the map)
Promised mama when I make it that we gon' be rich forever (that we gon' be rich forever)
[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes
I got the city on my back, hell under my feet
Pistol on my lap, I will not accept defeat
And I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soul
Bullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)
credits
from the produce section,
released May 12, 2015
produced/mixed by: alexander martinez
artwork by: christian tachiera
mastered by: jason moss
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