City Ways
Escaping the Grip: City Struggles and the Yearning for Freedom
Lyrics
City ways are gonna get you, baby
City life's influences and challenges will affect you, dear
City ways is gonna small you in
The overwhelming nature of city life will diminish your spirit
City ways are gonna keep you, baby
The urban lifestyle will retain its hold on you, dear
Down in the hollow you're in
In the despairing situation you find yourself in
Down in the hollow you're in
Repetition emphasizing the dire circumstances of being in a hollow
Everybody, it seems, is hustling
Everyone appears to be striving eagerly
Just to get an extra dollar or two
Struggling hard just to earn a bit more money
When you think that is your turn to have it
When you believe it's finally your chance to prosper
Someone's gonna step on you
Someone will intentionally harm or undermine you
You know they're gonna step on you
Assuredly, they will mistreat or take advantage of you
And it's hard
Expressing the difficulty or struggle
A country life is all I've ever known, now
Life in the countryside is my sole experience
Yeah, it's hard
Again highlighting the difficulty
City life, girl, is bringing me down
The urban lifestyle, particularly for the narrator, is depressing
It's dragging me down
It's weighing heavily on the narrator
Yeah, yeah
Expressing affirmation or agreement
When you get to the end of your road, now
When you reach the end of your path
You're about to lose your lies talked warm
Your deceptions or false pretenses will be exposed
Just hang on that last moment
Hold on until the very last moment
When you get it by the door lock up the door
Once you're at the door, lock it and secure yourself
Take me back to the real thing, baby
Yearning to return to authenticity or genuineness
You know this place ain't right to me
The current environment feels wrong or uncomfortable
Keep me out this hard, tight city
Prevent me from enduring the difficulties of this harsh, restrictive city
Take me back where I can re-breathe
Take me back to a place where I can breathe freely
You know I just wanna be free
The desire for liberation and freedom
Yeah, yeah
Reiteration of affirmation or agreement
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