Dope - The Life

It's getting late and something’s waiting in the city tonight This place is crazy and it makes me wanna fuck up my mind I like the lights the trippy lights and all the pornographic stores I light this thing as they complain about the junkies and the whores When I was young I dreamed I'd come here and I guess I did Survive the scum and I'd become someone but never did These village slums I let become my life I guess I did I'm just a bum pathetic scum that's just the way I live This is the life, life This is the life, life You want the life, life You want the life, life No It's getting late and guess who's playing in the city tonight This place is amazing and it makes me wanna fucking get high I love the way the buildings sway and all the garbage on the streets The sounds of trains and sirens make lovely music while I sleep I'm going farther than I ever thought that far could be By 21 I had a gun and ditched authority At 22 I never knew the sights that I would see At 24 I made the score that killed that part of me This is the life, life This is the life, life You want the life, life You want my life, life No