Say this city is cruel to you, too cruel to you
Nobody comes to your rescue when your lights are blue
They ain't riding with you like they say they ride
They ain't sliding with you like they say they slide
What you gone do, what you gone do

Try to smoke it away, write it away
buy it away, lie it away
Just getting in your own way
When they tables have turned, bridges have burned
Lesson is learned, did you come in first
Did you
What you gone do

Everybody's on to you, that mask is not approved
Two faced and they know it, faking and you show it
What you gone do, when they come for you