GOTHAM

I think that we're headed down the wrong road

(I swear)

Fake's real and they say

Real's fake woke

(You see this?)

False prophets on these screens

Everywhere we go

But what did you expect

When dumb people got smartphones

More memes, cool

Make it all a big joke

Crown your fake kings

And let them sit up on your fake thrones

You're young now

But just wait until you grow old

When life gets real

You'll remember all these words I wrote

I went roaming, walked multiple ways

For 40 nights, 40 sleeps, yes, multiple days

(I tried)

In the desert no food, water

Searching for the answers

But you listen to these people

Who got nothing to say

You wouldn't know real

If it slapped you right in the face

Ain’t for the culture I can tell

By the shit you embrace

(I see it)

I'm in Gotham

But my mind's in a different place

So f*ck your cosigns, money

And your radio play

I be shaking when I write my music

I've been anti-violent but don't push me

Cause I just might do it

(Don't push me)

They won't give you no credit

Cause they know you'll use it

And that's what happens when the master

Starts fearing the student

In this city, you're a number

They don't see you as human

(They don't see)

Just a puppet they replace

For their games and amusement

In a city full of angels

With the biggest influence

I see demons with a platform

Who just fucking abuse it

In Gotham everybody knows everybody

If you ain’t got a blue check

You ain't anybody

Redo, repeat, sleep

Double tap, see copy

Lost souls unaware

They’re turning into dead zombies

Everywhere you look is plastic, all fabricated

Everything you’ve seen on TV was exaggerated

(It's so fake)

Don’t nobody see you

Till you get a million followers

And when you do

They treat you like you're someone

And you're validated

What do you do?

How much money you make?

Who do you know? What do you drive?

Where do you stay?

And while you’re answering those questions

They’ll be calculating how much of it

They can see themselves trying to come in and take

If you’re fragile

Don’t you even try come to this place

(Don't come here)

They gon' build you just to break you

Then rebuild you to break

Let you reach your own limit

Then heroically save

And that’s exactly how

Gotham turns you into a slave

In Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

Cause they can’t control

In Gotham

Everyone lies, it’s an eye for an eye

You will lose your minds

In Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

Cause they can’t control

In Gotham

Livin' in Gotham, livin' in Gotham

Livin' in Gotham, livin' in Gotham

Nobody's from here but everybody comes here

Wanting to be famous

Till they realize the price of fame

Brings close everything that they once feared

Consumed by the algorithm, it becomes clear

Life’s a simulation

All controlled by a puppeteer

Blind people leading blind people

Driving cars to a destination that is unclear

While they can’t steer

One year, two years, three years, four

Drugs, alcohol, addiction, morgue

Fake friends

Women gold-digging as a sport

Who convince you you should live

A whole life you can’t afford

Nobody sees you, you’re continuously ignored

Everybody wants fame

They don’t care what it’s for

They don’t wanna build theirs

They’re just tryna take yours

This is dog eat dog

In this messed up world

You think you need this place

But you don’t

Happiness is not a physical place

You call home

Did you ever wonder

Why you feel like you feel

When you take that time away from your phone

Fake shit goes viral

We know this won't

They’ll say they care

But will never show

Gotham isn’t just a place

It's a mind state

Watered by the thoughts that manifest

What you grow

In Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

Cause they can’t control

In Gotham

Everyone lies, it’s an eye for an eye

You will lose your minds

In Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

Cause they can’t control

In Gotham

Livin' in Gotham, livin' in Gotham

Livin' in Gotham, livin' in Gotham

Don’t tell them how you feel

'Cause I promise they won’t call back

Everybody's in it for money

So it's all bad

Killing off my demons

I'm rapping this in all black

I ain’t gotta, I ain’t gotta

I ain’t gotta, I ain’t gotta

Prove nothing to Gotham

They ain’t done nothing for me

For me