One side wake up to a doorman and a driver
The other side wake up 'fore the first fuckin' bus even arrive
One street wake beneath a chandelier
One street wake with sirens in its ear, shit
One table overflow 'fore the guests even arrive
One family countin' the coins they need to survive, shit
Same city, different worlds apart
Same skyline, different place to start
There gardens where the water never stop
There kids watchin' faucets run in drops
The distance ain't measured in miles
It's measured by who get to live in that rich-ass style
Damn, I'm just sittin' here waitin' on my goddamn ride
Been grindin' all day, this way, that way
Back to real life, we fuckin' broke
Need to grab them food stamps
AC out and my stomach yellin' like a bitch
Starvin' for any junk food that might save my ass
On tha other side of town
They say tha city's doin' well
While a momma wait fo' payday time
On tha other side of town
There's plenty to go 'round
But peeps still go hungry every night
An' nobody wanna talk 'bout that shit now, yeah
A restaurant throw away what nobody ate
A shelter turn away the last ten at the gate, fuck
A penthouse overlook the avenue
A basement flood when rain come through
Somebody buy a watch that cost a whole year
Somebody hide a bill they couldn't clear, ass
How can one place hold two different skies?
How can comfort live beside empty eyes?
How can one place call itself complete
When hunger sleep beneath its streets?
A cleaner ride home underneath the rain
While somebody upstairs order food again
There doctors waitin' in a private room
And people prayin' they'll be seen soon
It's half past two and the Sun blazin' as hell
Got the joint in my mouth, normally I'm clean, but I'm with the crew
Two dudes in black hoodies, I locked the fuck up
If I said a kid took a life at sixteen, would you fuckin' buy it?
We exist in a world, we exist in a fuckin' world
What the fuck is actually happenin'?
Seem like the whole city against me
What the fuck is this system?
This motherfucker only feed the rich
Fuck you to the ones who look away
This whole-ass city is a bitch
On tha other side of town
They say tha city's doin' well
While a momma wait fo' payday time
On tha other side of town
There's plenty to go 'round
But peeps still go hungry every night
An' nobody wanna talk 'bout that shit now, yeah
You know them blonde girls in tiny dresses
Damn, they could tell we wasn't fuckin' local
A shot of Smirnoff didn't hit me that goddamn hard
This guy turned up, feelin' good as fuckin' hell
Shit, I'm tryin' to get my own thing rollin' too
Tell 'em turn the lights low right now, get me in the vibe
Dude I think we should head back to the other side of the city, for real though
Look, damn, I just wanna leave the hood, hoe
That's what mama said while we was eatin' lunch
Then move the fuck out my path, bitch
Dreamin' of ballin' like Ronaldinho
Bro, come speak to me
You're right, your brother was like a brother to me
Dude, bro, they just killed the homie's brother
Keep vandalizin', the choice of livin' a fake life
Flood they body with poison
Always drinkin' and drivin', shit
Lives at the bottom of the bottle and the freshest fuckin' weed
Clearly all I saw was canned meat and boiled egg
I ran into a lil' kid who looked like me, throwin' soccer with his ashy fuckin' ankles
What the fuck is actually happenin'?
What the hell goin' on in this city?
One side livin' large, the other side lookin' ass
Motherfucker, open your eyes
Fuck the silence