[Verse 1]
Came up broke, mama stressin’ with the bills,
Pops wasn’t there, had to teach myself the skills,
Look around, all I saw was the crime and the deals,
Dreams gettin’ crushed under sirens and steel.
Shorty down the block, we was young, chasin’ thrills,
Sex in the staircase, the hood had its ills,
Roll another blunt, let the smoke keep me still,
But the pain never fades, it’s a part of the drill.

[Chorus]
We was raised in a concrete jungle,
No handouts, just pain and struggle,
Light the weed just to ease my mind,
Tryna find peace but it’s hard to find.
Minorities livin’ with the weight on they back,
Every day another fight just to stay on track,
Still I shine, though the system against me,
From the Bronx where the world never lets me.

[Verse 2]
Food stamps, EBT, government cheese,
Cold nights shiverin’, prayin’ for heat,
Young kids starvin’, gotta grind just to eat,
Cops look at us like we born to deceive.
Teachers never cared, said we wouldn’t achieve,
But we learned on the block how to plot and believe,
Every scar on my skin is a story I bleed,
I’m a voice for my people, every verse what we need.

[Bridge]
Sex, weed, liquor just to numb our pain,
We minorities in cycles they can’t explain,
System built to keep us locked in chains,
But we kings and queens, can’t erase our name.

[Chorus]
We was raised in a concrete jungle,
No handouts, just pain and struggle,
Light the weed just to ease my mind,
Tryna find peace but it’s hard to find.
Minorities livin’ with the weight on they back,
Every day another fight just to stay on track,
Still I shine, though the system against me,
From the Bronx where the world never lets me.

[Outro]
Concrete jungle, but I made it through,
Still scars on my soul, but my heart stay true,
For the Bronx, for the lost, I’ma speak for you,
We the struggle, we the fight, and the dream come true.

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