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...