I think that we′re headed down the wrong road (I swear)

Fake's real and they say real′s fake woke (you see this?)

False prophets on these screens everywhere we goBut what did you expect when dumb people got smartphones?

More memes, cool, make it all a big joke

Crown your fake kings and let them sit up on your fake thrones

You're young now but just wait 'til you grow old

When life gets real you′ll remember all these words I wrote

I went roaming, walked multiple ways

For forty nights, forty sleeps, yes multiple days (I tried)

In the desert, no food, water, searching for the answers

But you listen to these people who got nothin′ to say (you wouldn't listen)

You wouldn′t know real if it slapped you right in the face

Ain't for the culture, I can tell by the shit you embrace (I see it)

I′m in Gotham but my mind's in a different place

So fuck your co-signs, money, and your radio play

I be shaking when I write my music

I′ve been anti-violent but don't push me

'Cause I just might do it (don′t push me)

They won′t give you no credit 'cause they know you′ll use it

And that's what happens when the master

Starts fearing the student (they learn)

In this city you′re a number

They don't see you as human (they don′t see)

Just a puppet they replace for their games and amusement

In a city full of angels with the biggest influence

I see demons with a platform who just fucking abuse it

In Gotham

Everybody knows everybody (everybody)

If you ain't got a blue check you ain't anybody (fuck)

Redo, repeat, sleep, double tap, see copy

Lost souls unaware they′re turning into dead zombies (zombies)

Everywhere you look is plastic, all fabricated

Everything you′ve seen on TV was exaggerated (it's so fake)

Don′t nobody see you 'til you get a million

Followers and when you do they treat you

Like you′re someone and you're validated

What do you do?

How much money you make?

Who do you know?

What do you drive?

Where do you stay? (Where do you stay?)

And while you′re answering those questions

They'll be calculating how much of it

They can see themselves trying to come in and take

If you're fragile don′t you even try

Come to this place (don′t come here)

They gon' build you just to break you, then rebuild you to break

Let you reach your own limit then heroically save

And that′s exactly how Gotham turns you into a slave

In Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

'Cause they can′t control in Gotham

Everyone lies

It's an eye for an eye

You will lose your minds in Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose

Their souls ′cause they can't control in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Nobody's from here

But everybody comes here

Wanting to be famous

′Til they realize the price of fame

Brings close everything that they once feared

Consumed by the algorithm, it becomes clear

Life′s a simulation all controlled by a puppeteer

Blind people leading blind people driving cars

To a destination that is unclear while they can't steer

One year, two years, three years, four

Drugs, alcohol, addiction, morgue

Fake friends, women gold-digging as a sport

Who convinces you, you should live a whole life you can′t afford

Nobody sees you, you're continuously ignored

Everybody wants fame, they don′t care what it's for

They don′t wanna build theirs

They're just tryna take yours

This is dog eat dog in this messed up world

You think you need this place but you don't

Happiness is not a physical place you call home

Did you ever wonder why you feel like you feel?

When you take that time away from your phone

Fake shit goes viral, we know this won′t

They′ll say they care but will never show

Gotham isn't just a place, it′s a mind state

Watered by the thoughts that manifest what you grow

In Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

'Cause they can′t control in Gotham

Everyone lies

It's an eye for an eye

You will lose your minds in Gotham

Everyone goes and they lose their souls

′Cause they can't control in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Living in Gotham

Don't tell ′em how you feel ′cause I promise they won't call back

Everybody′s in it for money, so it's all bad

Killing off my demons, I′m rapping this in all black

I ain't gotta

I ain′t gotta

I ain't gotta

I ain't gotta

Prove nothing to Gotham

They ain′t done nothing for me, for me