[Intro: Deniro Farrar]Yeah, I got the city on my back niggaCharlotte, that's me niggaSpadez, what's happenin' (what's happenin')K.O.B.K. the murda gang (bwah)Kill or be killed nigga (yuh)Yeah, and you a dead man walking (yuh)[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]I got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holesI got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)[Verse 1: Deniro Farrar](Ayy)And I put Charlotte on my back, now haters on my heelsRunnin' from my past got me grippin' on my steelTryin' to make it rappin' but rappin' ain't payin' billsJudge gave my nigga mandatory no appealGot me prayin' on my knees'Cause shit real (flip)Flippin' packs knowin' you won't make a milNiggas still hustle 'cause they don't know nothin' differentNow they runnin' to them gravesAnd they gettin' locked in prisonGot me wantin' better (better)So I'm livin' better (better)But shit hard when you out here with no cheddarStill tryin' to hustle but I'm seein' I'm no cleverBeefin' with these pussy niggasGot me strapped with my berettaThey say time heals allTime made me betterWishin' I could fly, I'm a bird with no feathersLackin' my umbrella still prepared for this weatherPromised mama when I make it that we gon' be rich forever[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]I got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holesI got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)[Verse 2: Deniro Farrar]Now they sayin' I won't make itThey prayin' I won't make itUnafraid of the risk, shit, somebody gotta take itStomach start to rumble, hear the hunger when it's achin'Quarterbackin' all these quarters I'm feelin' like Troy AikmanHeart startin' to race and back and forth pacin'Dodgin' pigs tryin' to bring home the baconChasin' fast money 'cause I'm living with no patiencePut my city on my back, you can quote me when I say itAin't nobody fuckin' with me I'm doper than Ronald ReaganDigital scales weighin' grams of the Sarah PalinDistributed on blocks where young niggas be hangin'Livin' without no hope so hopefully, where I'm hangin'Gangbangin' and slangin'One day I can rise above my situationBut it's hard when you rap, and everybody rapIt remind me of the trapPromised mama I'ma make it and put Charlotte on the map[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]Got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holesI got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)[Bridge/Guitar Solo: Deniro Farrar]I got the city on my back (got the city on my back)I will not accept defeat (I will not accept defeat)Hell under my feetI'ma make it and put Charlotte on the map (and put Charlotte on the map)Promised mama when I make it that we gon' be rich forever (that we gon' be rich forever)[Chorus: Deniro Farrar]I got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holesI got the city on my back, hell under my feetPistol on my lap, I will not accept defeatAnd I got fire in my eyes, pain in my soulBullets out my chamber leave you niggas full of holes (you know)