Love & War in the City (Live)

We got love in the city yeah yeah And we got war in the city yeah yeah And we got life in the city yeah yeah But we've got to get down after dark You know we got love in the city Got friends in the city Got fam in the city that's real Plus we got hope in the city Got life in the city That's the pulse of the city you could feel You know the heart beat of the city Unique to the city Something that they can't really put into words Besides all the sights, sounds, and smells of the city There's an energy that ain't in the burbs The city got style the city got substance Survival mind state making something out of nothing Story of the slums young bucks and OGs Block parties rent parties, just no tea ha, Community youth leaders, teachers like Ujima Murals, street cleaners, impossible dreamers Don't get me wrong though it ain't all good But there's beauty in them neighborhoods in the city We got war in the city yeah yeah And we got love in the city yeah yeah We got war we got love And we got life in the city yeah yeah But we've got to get down after dark But but but but you know We got war in the city Got dope in the city Got crime in the city no doubt Plus we got gangs in the city Got traps in the city Got rats in the city all around Shit I got jumped in the city Got robbed in the city Run up on, guns drawn By a cop in the city Had a fiend stop me No shame and no regret Said she would give me head In exchange for a cigarette Ew Too much to say it all High disease rates and low test scores More than just one kind of turf war Wanna see the real crooks Go down to city hall A stick up kid might Shake you for your jacket A politician snatch up your life's assets Slum lords poverty pimps in action Believe things are very drastic In the city We got love in the city yeah yeah And we got war in the city yeah yeah And we got life in the city yeah yeah But we've got to get down come on After dark After dark After dark We got we got love We got we got life We got we got love We got in the city We got we got love We got we got life We got we got love We got in the city We got we got in the city yeah In the city yeah yeah We got love and we got life We got love in the city yo In the city yo Yeah