Michael Franti & Spearhead Life In The City lyrics

Some say you only get so many breaths<br />
When they're gone, you'll meet your maker<br />
Some people always try to cheat their death<br />
But when it comes, you just can't shake it<br />
<br />
Some people try to make a deal<br />
To get a little bit more but they try to take it<br />
Some of them end up in debt<br />
When their called they try to fake it<br />
<br />
But one morning the clock will chime<br />
And no more birds come flying by<br />
And temperature's keep rising higher<br />
16 bullets come flying by<br />
<br />
Ai, yi, yi put your hands up high<br />
'Cause you never know<br />
How long you're gonna live 'til ya die<br />
<br />
They hit you with a missile, hit you with a bomb<br />
Hit you with the law, try to take your home<br />
<br />
Break into your house in the middle of the night<br />
Track you on a cell phone by satellite<br />
Stopped any time you're in your car<br />
Search your body, search your home<br />
<br />
And listenin' in on your phone calls<br />
Still no politician got enough balls<br />
Lining the people up against the wall<br />
When the truth comes out all hell will call<br />
<br />

And someday Guantanamo will fall<br />
Until that day we all will ride on<br />
<br />
Ai, yi, yi, put your hands up high<br />
'Cause you never know<br />
How long your gonna live 'til ya die<br />
<br />
That's life in the city<br />
That's life in the city yeah<br />
That's life in the city<br />
Mad world in the city<br />
<br />
Some holdin' on, so damn gone<br />
Their whole lives livin' with their TV on<br />
Then radio play the same 10 songs<br />
Set your clock by which ones on<br />
<br />
An' watching the news try to see what's wrong<br />
Find somebody else to blame it on<br />
Hope they never come and research you<br />
'Cause your grandmother was an immigrant too<br />
<br />
So if you love somebody better tell them so<br />
'Cause you never ever, ever no when they gonna go<br />
If they love you back, just give thanks<br />
Can't keep love like money in the bank<br />
<br />
You never know, you never know<br />
Its gonna get you