down here we walk a little faster down here we grow up real tight down here we stick together because down here you ve gotta fight can live off this country s waste we consume so much in this rat race human breeding ground of exploitation but i won t become jaded in the city it s capitalism at its best people living neck to neck their glass buildings won t fall on their own so we should be throwing stones in the city some of us were born here some of us were brought here some of us have moved here but none of us can leave here in the city