Down here we walk a little faster
 
 Down here we grow up real tight
 
 Down here we stick together
 
 Because down here you've gotta fight
 
  
  Can live off this country's waste
 
 We consume so much in this rat race
 
 (the city is a) human breeding ground of exploitation
 
 But i won't become jaded
  
 
 In the city
  
 
 It's capitalism at its best
 
 People living neck to neck
 
 Their glass buildings won't fall on their own
 
 So we should be throwing stones!
  
 
 In the city
  
 
 Some of us were born here
 
 Some of us were brought here
 
 Some of us have moved here
 
 But none of us can leave here
  
 
 In the city.