Gotham City

I feel like I'm Bruce when I move through the city (Ayy)
This life can get gritty like living in Gotham
I had to get it, don't worry 'bout critics (Ayy)
When you lack the vision, don't care for your optics
You 'bout the money, don't care 'bout no penny (Ayy)
I'm here for the future, I move like a prophet
Life wasn't pretty for everyone with me (Ayy)
We had to get witty, was really no options
Ayy, huh, really no options
Had to get with it, no stopping
And when it get real, better lock in
You can either get popped or get poppin'
How it is in a city like Gotham
Growing up made sense to the nonsense
You can either be a hero or a convict (Ayy–)
Either way, it's a battle in a moshpit

That man, black man, bad man, mad man
Move through the dark got me feeling like Batman, woah, huh
I live what I rap, put my soul in these tracks
This is not for aesthetic
A lot of y'all say that you walk with that stick
When I see you, you got a prosthetic
Huh, I say what I do when I speak on these beats
Every verse that I write is prophetic
My mental a lethal weapon
When it's used by the hand of a man with a different perspective
I've been keeping record
The lesson is you become weak
When you learn to just flee from direction, huh
The image mystique, but I still keep my eyes on the scene
'cause that keep me perceptive, huh
Cared 'bout my face, but I peep the objective
My obsession is know where I'm stepping
Selective with paths that I'm heading through, in my reticule I see
Facts, man, tapped in to your tactics
I can see through your boys like a cat scan, dawg, I'm–

I feel like I'm Bruce when I move through the city (Ayy)
This life can get gritty like living in Gotham
I had to get it, don't worry 'bout critics (Ayy)
When you lack the vision, don't care for your optics
You 'bout the money, don't care 'bout no penny
I'm here for the future, I move like a prophet
Life wasn't pretty for everyone with me
We had to get witty (Ayy), was really no options
Ayy, huh, really no options (No options)
Had to get with it, no stopping (No stoppin')
And when it get real, better lock in (Go where?)
You can either get popped or get poppin' (Uh-huh)
How it is in a city like Gotham (Like Gotham)
Growing up made sense to the nonsense (The nonsense)
You can either be a hero or a convict (Ayy–)
Either way, it's a battle in a moshpit

Move through the mob, who you mobbing with?
I don't mind you men, you rather be a monument
Uncommon to comment on the incompetent
Rather conjure compositions for the common man
The populist who go to the consequence
Of been living in a world that's been robbin' 'em
Protect and serve, the serve is a contradiction
When you kicked to the side like Robin, man, okay, peep it
Power like Poison Ivy, touch it, mans start itching, tweaking
To conquer is contraband for the ego, it love to partake in frequent
That's why I live by a code
If you don't, you could end up as something egregious
My focus on people, don't care if it's legal
I'd rather be regal with life on my conscious
That be a constant, part of the process, pushing to progress

I feel like I'm Bruce when I move through the city
This life can get gritty like living in Gotham
I had to get it, don't worry 'bout critics (Ayy)
When you lack the vision, don't care for your optics
You 'bout the money, don't care 'bout no penny
I'm here for the future, I move like a prophet
Life wasn't pretty for everyone with me
We had to get witty (Ayy), was really no options
Ayy, huh, really no options (No options)
Had to get with it, no stopping (No stoppin')
And when it get real, better lock in (Go where?)
You can either get popped or get poppin' (Uh-huh)
How it is in a city like Gotham (Like Gotham)
Growing up made sense to the nonsense (The nonsense)
You can either be a hero or a convict (Ayy–)
Either way, it's a battle in a moshpit