CAiroglyphic - City of Hope

Verse 1

Never thought I'd make out the jungle from hand sands
Dodging the Police Stings, talkin' to Roxannes
I'm not your typical, rap individual
I teach principals, direct visuals
Soon as the pen hits the paper it's layers
Low frequency rumbles... irritating neighbors
Just a
Westside dream where the winds blow south
Where money is the motive and the girls show out
Gold mouth, gold rims
Cold house, sowed sin
More doubt, less friends
Bold route, new benz
Been a while since hearing bars that bend
Living in a place where you lose your kin
Figure eights in intersections
Cars that spin
Pulling on the heart strings chords with violin
Drowning out the pain with liquor and smoke
Methods just to cope in the city of hope
(Hook)
Living in a place where there's lessons
Struggling just to make it afloat
In the city of hope
Searching for a spot in the heavens
Hanging on a piece of a rope.... in the City of Hope
-repeat

Verse 2

It's difficult to process it and be optimistic
When your net worth is your value, just another statistic
Putting faith into the word coming from out of the pulpit
Realizing that the pastors rant is just as sadistic
Calling out the congregation for their lack of donation
Past transgressions that lack acceptance
While walking in the flesh down streets of sin
Dont forget spirit proof vest protect conscious men
Cause theirs snakes in the jungle
Sharks swimming at bay
Better come up with a hustle
Before the weak become prey
Where hope is all you have when you're facing disparity
There's a lesson to be learned or you fall to iniquity.. pray

(Hook)
Living in a place where there's lessons
Struggling just to make it afloat
In the city of hope
Searching for a spot in the heavens
Hanging on a piece of a rope.... in the City of Hope
-repeat

Lyrics written by CAiroglyphic