Dax - Gotham lyrics

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 roamin', walked multiple ways
For 40 nights, 40 sleeps, yes multiple days
(I tried) in the desert no food and water
Searchin' for the answers
But you listen to these people
Who got nothin' to say (You wouldn't listen)
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 minds
In a different place
So fuck your cosigns, money
And your radio play
I be shakin' 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 fearin' the student
(They learn) in that city you 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 fuckin' abuse it

In Gotham, everybody knows everybody
(Everybody) if you ain't got a blue check
You ain't anybody (Fuck)
Redo, repeat, sleep, double tap, see copy
Lost souls
Unaware they're turnin' into dead zombies
(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 'til you
Get a million followers
And when you do they treat you
Like you someone and you validated
What do you do? How much money you make?
Who do you know? What do you
Drive? Where do you stay?
(Where do you stay?)
And while you're answerin' those questions
They be calculatin'
How much of it they can see themselves
Try to come in and take
If you 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 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 'til 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-diggin' 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 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 'em how you feel 'cause
I promise they won't call back
Everybody's in it for money, so it's all bad
Killin' off my demons
I'm rappin' this in all black
I ain't gotta, I ain't gotta, I ain't gotta
I ain't gotta prove nothin' to Gotham
They ain't done nothin' for me for me