Life in the City
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 just can't 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 temperatures keep rising higher, sixteen 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 N.Y. 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

[Chorus]
Ai yi yi put your hands up high
'Coz you never know how long your gunna live till' 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
And watching the news try to see whats wrong, find somebody else to blame it on
Hope they never come and research 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 thanks
Can't keep love like money in the bank

[Chorus]
You never know, You never know, its gonna get you


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Lyrics by Michael Franti & Spearhead

  100,000 Miles   100.000 Miles   11:59   A Little Bit Of Riddim   All I Want Is You   All People   Anybody Seen My Mind?   Anytime You Need Me   Bomb the World   Caught Without An Umbrella   Closer To You   Crazy For You   Crazy, Crazy, Crazy   Crime To Be Broke In America   Do It For the Love   Do Ya Love   Do You Feel The Way That I Do?   Dream Team   Earth From Outer Space   East To The West   Every Single Soul   Every Single Soul Remix   Everybody Ona Move   Everyone Deserves Music   Feelin' Free   Food For Tha Masses   Gangsta Girl   Ganja Babe   Gas Gauge (Tha World's In Your Hands)   Get Myself To Saturday   Gloria   Good To Be Alive Today   Have a Little Faith   Have A Little Faith   Headphones   Hello Bonjour   Hey Hey Hey   Hey Now Now   Hey World   Hey World (Don't Give Up Version)   Hey World (Remote Control Version)   Hey World [Remote Control Version]   Hey World [Remote Control Version]   High Low   Hole In The Bucket   Home   I Don't Wanna Go   I Got Love For Ya   I Got Love for You   I Got Love For You   I Know I'M Not Alone   I'll Be Waiting   I'm Alive   I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)   Is Love Enough?   Keepin' It Natural   Let It Go   Life In The City   Life Is Better With You   Life Is Better With You (Acoustic Mix)   Light Up Ya Lighter   Long Ride Home   Love Don't Wait   Love Invincible   Love Is Da Shit   Love Kamikaze   Love Me Unique   Love Will Find A Way   My Favorite Wine Is Tequila   My Lord   Never Too Late   Nobody Right Nobody Wrong   Nobody Right Nobody Wrong   Oh My God   On And On   Once A Day   Once A Day [feat. Sonna Rele]   One Minute's All I Need   One Steop Closer to You   One Step Closer To You   People In Tha Middle   Piece O' Peace   Positive   Pray for Grace   Red Beans & Rice   Rude Boys Back In Town   Runfayalife   Say Goodbye   Say Hey   Say Hey (I Love You)   Say Hey (I Love You) Radio Disney Edit   See You In The Light   Shake It   Show Me A Sign   Sometimes   Soulshine   Soundsystem   Stay Human (All the Freaky People)   Stay Human Remix   Still Standing   Summertime Is In Our Hands   Sweet Little Lies   Tha Payroll (Stay Strong)   Thank You   The Future   The Future   The Only Thing Missing Was You   The Sound Of Sunshine   The Sound Of Sunshine Going Down   The Thing That Makes Me Get Through   Time To Go Home   Tolerance   Water Pistol Man (Chocolate Remix)   We Are All Earthlings   We Do This Every Day   We Don't Stop   What Happens Next   What I Be   What I've Seen   Wherever You Are   Yell Fire   Yell Fire!   Yes I Will

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