Michael Franti & Spearhead - Life In The City lyrics

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Some say you only get so many breaths

When they're gone, you'll meet your maker

Some people always try to cheat their death

But when it comes, you just can't shake it

Some people try to make a deal

To get a little bit more but they try to take it

Some of them end up in debt

When their called they try to fake it

But one morning the clock will chime

And no more birds come flying by

And temperature's keep rising higher

16 bullets come flying by

Ai, yi, yi put your hands up high

'Cause you never know

How long you're gonna live 'til ya die

They hit you with a missile, hit you with a bomb

Hit you with the law, try to take your home

Break into your house in the middle of the night

Track you on a cell phone by satellite

Stopped any time you're in your car

Search your body, search your home

And listenin' in on your phone calls

Still no politician got enough balls

Lining the people up against the wall

When the truth comes out all hell will call

And someday Guantanamo will fall

Until that day we all will ride on

Ai, yi, yi, put your hands up high

'Cause you never know

How long your gonna live 'til ya die

That's life in the city

That's life in the city yeah

That's life in the city

Mad world in the city

Some holdin' on, so damn gone

Their whole lives livin' with their TV on

Then radio play the same 10 songs

Set your clock by which ones on

An' watching the news try to see what's wrong

Find somebody else to blame it on

Hope they never come and research you

'Cause your grandmother was an immigrant too

So if you love somebody better tell them so

'Cause you never ever, ever no when they gonna go

If they love you back, just give thanks

Can't keep love like money in the bank

You never know, you never know

Its gonna get you