Life In The City Lyrics - All Rebel Rockers - Michael Franti

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 can't 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 temperature's keep rising higher 

16 bullets come flying by 

Ai, yi, yi put your hands up high 

'Cause you never know 

How long you're gonna live 'til 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 

And 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 

'Cause you never know 

How long your gonna live 'til 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 

An' watching the news try to see what's wrong 

Find somebody else to blame it on 

Hope they never come and research you 

'Cause your grandmother was an immigrant too 

So if you love somebody better tell them so 

'Cause 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 

You never know, you never know 

Its gonna get you