Fliptrix, Verb T - Life We Lead lyrics

This is my rhyme, our lives, my views
Our cities

Switch-blade mistakes
Leaving kids' tales never heard
Victims are physical until they
Believe the earth this sickness is visual
You don't need to dig this dirt
Addictions are killing citizens before
They've seen the world
Swiggered on a drink until their
Insides and livers hurt
Kids are killing kids and then
There's young women giving birth
Driven by their instinct before they've
Ever lived and learned vision's blurred
'cos they don't seem to know their worth
And we all struggle clear
Like our role models
Man punching walls till they're left
Up with broke knuckles
Disputes settled on a pavement with
Blood puddles Surveillance doubles
Our pictures taken like our freedom
And they make it subtle
Cameras in a little bubble
Placed in all the trains and buses
They don't trust us
So when we're born, we're born as suspects
It's all assumptions
Treated like we're drug lords and gunmen
Just 'cos we rep our hoodie
Cap and we bun cest
The Babylon, we bunned them
My middle finger's up, yes fuck stress
I wanna live life nice in sunsets

This is the life we lead
But not the life we love
This is the reason why I crush
Mics 'til I be dust

You gotta balance mind, channel aggression
Stay focused, keep perspective
Show respect, change perception
Love conquers all, trying to make progression
Shape, protect and mould the young minds
As these times get iller, signs get hidden
I couldn't care less if my rhymes get written
Or style gets copied
There's more of importance
As we try and discover the
Coordinates for the end destination
Just open your eyes for some confirmation
Complications occur in the journey
We spiral down in the ball of flames burning
Some become ash, some rise again
Some can't stand and some ride the pain
Strive to be free, fighting from the hate

This is the life we lead
But not the life we love
This is the reason why I crush
Mics 'til I be dust

Never am I going back
I move forth, making tracks
Till my vision fade to black
I stay intact, 'cos
Half my fam are in the grave
I pray for them, but they were snatched
It's all around you, trust
It ain't about them
Mugs, they try and doubt you
Hunt you with a foul tool
Drugs that come and cloud you
Suck you to your downfall
Before it's too late for round two
So take a step back, listen your faith
Elevate your mind and see
What you'll amount to
See what you'll amount to

When you're down to your last penny
Stressing
Money ain't everything, make some progression
Tape some aggression
Leave you by the wayside
Beef now is like a sea of
Arms like a stage dive
One's got a weapon, others gotta match it
Had shit
To the map pointed at your damn wit's
Stop telling fibs, stop telling kids lies
Yeah, they're mad enough to
Emulate others' lives
Hate thrives on the ignorance and anger
Twelve-year olds handcuffed
Yeah, man, it's damn fucked

This is the life we lead
But not the life we love
This is the reason why I crush
Mics 'til I be dust

Yeah, yeah, Fliptrix, Verb T
It's the life that we lead