Dope - The Life lyrics

It's getting late and something is waiting in the city tonight This place is crazy and it makes me wanna f** up my mind I like the lights the trippy lights and all the p**nographic stores I light this thing as they complain about the junkies and the who*es 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 You want the life NO It's getting late and guess who's playing in the city tonight This place is amazing and it makes me wanna f**ing 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 far could be By 21 I had a gun and ditched authority At 22 I never knew the sights I would see At 24 I made the score that k**ed that part of me This is the life You want the life NO