new york roots

you'll never get anywhere better    
then new york.    
highest taxes    
and our roads    
are still shit.    
the buildings are run down    
and the homes are all broken.    
poorly done graffiti    
on the faces    
of neglected kids    
from big families.    
     
no one does it like rochester    
sixth most violent city    
in the nation    
and its probably the smallest too.    
i mean just today    
there was a shoot out    
right down the street    
from my uncle's house    
at a playground    
...    
hear how i said playground,    
yeah.    
     
there's something about this summer heat    
turns people into killers    
and there's no dealing with it    
civilly,    
so it looks like we're just gonna duke this out    
like we're back in high school again    
3:30    
at the flagpole.    
     
and i know      
its not the same    
as some nameless town    
in a third world country    
where they have flies for snacks    
instead of potato chips    
but if you've never been here    
then you'll never know    
either.    
     
and no matter    
where i go    
i'll never lose   
my new york roots    
people every where else    
can smell it on you    
they say    
we have to drop   
our new york attitudes    
and yeah we may not all live in the apple city    
and yeah we may not all talk like italians    
but the rest is pretty much true.