So many hours behind that wheel
Let go of that steering wheel ?
Numb fingers you can’t feel
You don’t wanna rob and steal
So many hours behind that wheel
Let go of that steering wheel ?
Numb fingers you can’t feel
You don’t wanna rob, you don’t wanna steal
Toronto winter long and cold
Summer’s not, sniff, cough a lot
Almost everybody smokes Pot
Inside this cultural melting pot
Home to Caucasians, Chinese
Europeans, South-East Asians
Blacks, Africans, Jamaicans
Filipinos, Latin Americans
Take time salute the Canadians
Arabians, Korean, Vietnamese
Japanese, Indian
First Nation, Aboriginals
Toronto’s ethnic make up’s original
Police can’t keep up with the criminals
I’m not being satirical, cynical
I’m being truthful, clinical
Please go listen to the news
Christians, Catholics, Muslim’s, Jews
They all got different views
We all got different views
Some might hate and discriminate
Aren’t we supposed to mate?
That opinion we can’t state
Nails scratch you off the slate
Straight, Black, white, queer
In T.O., there lots of room for that over here
Gay, bi, Rasta far-I
Homophonic and you’re wired
You get fired, cancel culture’s hired
For the most part
We’re all sisters, brothers
Come from the same mother
Live there together in harmony with one another
One hand to help the other
That’s life in Toronto
One love to the father
Are you listening my sister
Do you hear me my brother
Do you love me my mother?
Currently, the average rent for a one bedroom apartment in Toronto is over $2500. With the price of groceries also at an all time high, even high income earners are starting to find the squeeze!
You heard what they said
Twenty-five hundred just for rent
You voted, you didn’t consent
Empty pockets, wonder where all the money went
But make no mistake about it
It’s hard to make it in Toronto
You have to work two jobs though
Just to keep your head above H20
That’s why I live in Scarborough
But it seems It don’t really matter
Still need twice as much dough
The wage they pay you is so low
Too hard to live there solo
Trying to squeeze me out of the T.O.
A million for a house condo?
Expensive to live in Toronto
Expensive to live in Toronto
I’m trying to make a plan
But I got blisters on my hand
Answers I don’t know, I don’t understand
Thought I voted for the man
They can’t make me stop
I’m not gonna drop
I’m aiming for the top
I’m like Sizzla, solid as a rock
Have to hustle to survive
In T.O. that’s no surprise
Crime is at an uprise
Nobody’s singing lullabies
Guess who runs the streets
Government, Police
Babylon turn to thieves
Sell you that cannabis Ganja leaf
Toronto city, is it for the rich?
Life in the T-Dot?
Got your survival kit?
Toronto city
So hard to make it
You see an opportunity
You gotta go and take it
Don’t take shit, just make shit
Create shit, innovate shit
Make money, progress
No regress, be the brightest
The city getting rough
Times getting tough
Get me out of these handcuffs
I said get me out of ….
Hey officer
Get your knee off my neck
Mommy there’re killing me
I can’t breathe
Hey officer
Get your knee off my neck
Mommy there’re killing me
I can’t breathe
Toronto city
The city of Toronto
I’m living in Toronto
Toronto city
The city of Toronto
I’m living in Toronto
You gotta be strong to survive in Toronto