Gotham

It's a love and hate type of feeling
Towards my city
And I'll tell you about it
So, please
Listen

I never gave a damn about the gimmicks
It's why you see me laughing at the critics
Knowing imma make it like its written
Like I'm Nas, gonna blow em with these lyrics
Here's a couple things I gotta say about the culture
Knowing damn well imma face all the vultures
Aware of the risk coming with it
It's worth it, even unprepared
This moment is so perfect
I'll open all the curtains

Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham, but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
It's violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy. I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham, but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
It's violence on the wheel
Shit is going crazy. I don't know how to feel

Wanna be the greatest in a city where they hating
I gotta chase my dreams in my cadence
Simply got fame as a target on my list
But please, I want it without Satan
I want it without Satan
'Cause I know about his ways
to shorten all my days, issa talent
Cutting life short for these youngins in the streets bigger tally
They simply tryna make it
By getting all these drugs
Lacking education
The future's getting tainted
They tryna make bread
Where's the flour
Claiming you're ahead, where's the power
But y'all have yet to bloom
Growing in the dark like a ghoul
How will you recover
Listen, I was raised in the suburbs
They'll say that I'm biased
"You gotta stay quiet"
But tell me, how could I
We're dealing with a crisis
Tell me how could I
It's a crisis

Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham, but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel shit is going crazy. I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham, but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel shit is going crazy. I don't know how to feel

They be talking bout our kind on the media, like we outta line
Claiming men of color simply cannot shine
Now, as I'm watching, and it seems
This generation has believed all the lies
Conditioned to be weakened in a state of dependence
Viciously commissioned like a sale, its a sentence
Listen, I do understand
The burden of the pigment
Aware that our PM is so ignant
Five or six hundred is enough for your rent
Deprived from the struggle with the millions that he spent
Unable to bring change
He let us all in pain
By erasing the existence
Tryna hide a system that is broken to the core
'Cause when you skin-colored
They assuming you're the gunner
Man... Camara never did it
Mistreated by the media
What if he was white
You can guess it

Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham, but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel shit is going crazy. I don't know how to feel
Lemme tell you some' about my town
They wanna call it Gotham, but it's rotten
City crushing dreams, callin' it forgotten
Its violence on the wheel shit is going crazy. I don't know how to feel

Now I understand what's the issue
Corrupted politicians, crooked population
And everyone is fissured

I guess I could say
Montreal really is just like Gotham...