life in the city

Singer: michael franti & spearhead

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 cant 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 tempretures keep rising higher

16 bullets come flying by. ai yi yi put your hands up high coz' you never know how long your gunna live till' 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 an' 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 coz' you never know how long your gunna live till' ya die

thats life in the city

thats life in the city yeah

thats 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 whats wrong

find sombody else to blame it on. hope they never come and reserch you coz' your grandmother was an immigrant too. so if you love somebody better tell them so coz you never ever ever no when they gonna go

if they love you back

just give thamks

cant keep love like money in the bank

you never know

you never know

its gonna get you.