Tried to make my moves on Miss Lane, she called me young boy
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
'Coz if you play me out, I think I'll let ya be
Pullin' out the ooh wop, listenin' to doo wop
[Incomprehensible] makes her papes from the gutter
Always sweet scented, if it's business, she meant it
Business oriented, egos never dented
An' to sell the buddah for the sexy drug ruler
Always was alert, she never got jerked
Told her not to dis me, I just wants to be your love toy
That's all ya heard
Had to feed her family, so she had to play, then rob
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
Distractions never hurt, always did the work
An' don't you even dare to plan a plot upon my riches
You don't have to say a word
Elaine, she kinda new, that I would do the do
Society taught her but they didn't tame her
Supplied me with the squeezy to make my life easy
Put me on her roster to rid her of impostors
Instead, I met her later, my love is much greater
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
With your joint up in these bitches
Gotta keep her beeper in her purse to make ends
She just got a Benz, she rides with her friends
Lookin' at Miss Lane, it was the fast lane
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
A ten clip salute, honey, here's a troop
Love is my motive, now I'm drug promotive
Who would give me booty on the side of my cutie
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
You can't really blame her for holdin' on a flamer
But don't you let me catch you
Queen of the feats, thrive to compete
Barely knows her name, struck by her fame
She winks at the cops, always give her props
Now I'm missin' action for this fatal attraction
“You, young boy, my love toy, I doubt that very highly
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
She's not a big kahuna, wish I met her sooner
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
As long as she was paid, she was in the shade
She knows she's the woman, can't nobody touch her
Love the funky beats while she drive down the street
For the G, I would sell 'coz I was deep in Hell
She was justified, couldn't get a job
Just because you rhyme don't means I'll let you try me”
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
Plus I needed duckets to fill up my buckets
But then I really wasn't, she had a fly cousin
I'll be damned if I let a brotha try to gas me
Everything is fair when you're livin' in the city
But she didn't tear, I did my work with care
Rollin' down the block, checkin' out the spots
That's all that really mattered, my money never splattered
I played my cards well, try to live swell
