City of Gods
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About City of Gods
“City of Gods” is a collaboration between Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, and Alicia Keys and is a triumphant ode to Fivio and Keys’ hometown of New York City. The song serves as the lead single for Fivio’s debut studio album B.I.B.L.E. and Ye’s eleventh studio album DONDA 2. Ye and Fivio first collaborated on the song “Off The Grid” from Ye’s tenth studio album Donda, released in 2021. Snippets of a new collaboration between the artists circulated in early 2022 during private listening parties held by Ye. .
City of Gods Lyrics
[00:00.09] New York City, please go easy on me tonight
[00:06.57] New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine (what?)
[00:10.29] Yeah, look, huh, nigga, this is my shit
[00:13.99] Welcome to the city of Gods (what?)
[00:15.90] Pop was the king of New York, now I'm the nigga in charge
[00:18.84] Only the drillers, the city is ours
[00:20.17] We found out the opps and we pick 'em apart
[00:21.77] I give 'em my time so I give 'em my heart
[00:23.36] If the city love me, then I'm really a star (what?)
[00:25.62] New York City, please go easy on me tonight
[00:31.64] New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
[00:37.82] 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another
[00:44.68] New York City, please go easy on me
[00:50.01] Yeah, look, this is the city of money and violence
[00:52.15] 'Cause everything we do is gonna come with a challenge
[00:53.69] 'Cause every bitch you fuck is gon' come with a balance (what?)
[00:55.23] Every shooter with me is coming in silence (what?)
[00:56.79] And you niggas better pick a side (better pick a side)
[00:58.86] You niggas side hoppin' (you niggas side hoppin')
[01:00.16] If I want 'em to not let you come into the city, it's my option (baow)
[01:03.22] This is the home of the fly shoppin' (yeah)
[01:05.08] This where the bitches gon' watch pockets (yeah)
[01:06.58] When I'm on TV, I gotta look good
[01:08.50] 'Cause I know the whole block watchin'
[01:09.71] If you chill with the opps, we is not vibin'
[01:11.21] If I see 'em in person, we Fox 5 'em
[01:12.83] Yeah, the police was on us, we not stoppin'
[01:14.49] (Yeah, the police was on us, we not stoppin', no)
[01:16.27] This is the town of the big drip (big drip)
[01:18.03] Smooth talk (smooth talk, ha)
[01:19.33] Milly Rock (Milly Rock), Shmoney Dance (Shmoney Dance), Woo Walk (Woo)
[01:22.75] You will not survive being too soft (no)
[01:24.20] Been a long time, we took a new loss (no)
[01:25.61] Shooters shootin' 'til we got a new corpse (baow)
[01:27.04] If we stuck then we lettin' it cool off (baow, boom)
[01:29.31] New York City, please go easy on me tonight
[01:35.84] New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
[01:41.63] 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another
[01:48.47] New York City, please go easy on me
[01:54.61] We went off the grid (what?)
[01:56.24] We ain't watch the throne, we took it
[01:57.83] We went viral on 'em, they lookin'
[01:59.34] It's a Sunday Service in Brooklyn (what?)
[02:01.11] It's the city that come with the lights
[02:02.75] I'm with the drillers that come with the night
[02:04.39] They ain't do four years in college
[02:05.61] But they'll do 25 to life
[02:07.28] We make money every night (what?)
[02:09.08] Never too big of a price (what?)
[02:10.56] After I buy the Chicago Bulls (what?)
[02:12.45] I'ma go and link with Mike (what?)
[02:13.80] And if I let 'em have my wife, niggas should thank me
[02:17.04] With this Balenciaga and Balenci' boots and a new blue Yankee
[02:20.21] This is Ye, I'm so focused, throw on a mask, no COVID
[02:23.20] I'ma turn your life to a meme, let Justin LaBoy post it
[02:26.55] You got an album, postpone it
[02:28.32] I drop two and they both going
[02:29.83] I got a feeling they in they feelings
[02:31.44] They filmin' a show, but won't show it
[02:32.79] You gotta watch me in slow motion, I'm in that wide-body Benz
[02:36.34] I go back to college, do an album and then drop out again
[02:39.28] It took a minute to get here, my vision is crystal clear
[02:42.45] Ayy, Fivi', excuse me, but this the feature of the year
[02:45.54] I feel like Sinatra in these streets, me and Drizzy, we at peace
[02:48.10] This the backpack with the Polo and the first Jesus piece
[02:51.99] I'm from the Chi' but I'm always New York
[02:54.05] In the city, they treat me like Jesus is walkin'
[02:55.54] I been through the pain and all of the torment
[02:57.11] I'm sayin' His name, I make it important (what?)
[02:58.73] Now it's time to give 'em hell
[03:00.26] Ask my staff, I pay 'em well
[03:01.86] This afternoon, a hundred goons pullin' up to SNL (what?)
[03:05.26] When I pull up, it's dead on arrival
[03:06.80] They act like they love you, they don't even like you
[03:08.16] They throw a party, won't even invite you
[03:09.70] I seen the same thing happen to Michael
[03:11.40] You Black and you rich, they sayin' you psycho (what?)
[03:13.86] It's like a cycle
[03:14.68] If you text me anything hype, you better text back and say it's a typo
[03:17.87] The city of Gods, no city is like you
[03:20.72] This the new New York, Ye is the goat
[03:22.52] Fivi' is viral and this is the BIBLE (what?)
[03:24.47] New York City, please go easy on me tonight (what the fuck? The fuck?)
[03:30.76] (What, the fuck?) New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
[03:36.95] 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another
[03:43.76] New York City, please go easy on me
[03:49.71] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy
[03:56.06] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy
[04:02.59] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy
[04:09.36] New York City, please go easy on me
[04:15.15]
[00:06.57] New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine (what?)
[00:10.29] Yeah, look, huh, nigga, this is my shit
[00:13.99] Welcome to the city of Gods (what?)
[00:15.90] Pop was the king of New York, now I'm the nigga in charge
[00:18.84] Only the drillers, the city is ours
[00:20.17] We found out the opps and we pick 'em apart
[00:21.77] I give 'em my time so I give 'em my heart
[00:23.36] If the city love me, then I'm really a star (what?)
[00:25.62] New York City, please go easy on me tonight
[00:31.64] New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
[00:37.82] 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another
[00:44.68] New York City, please go easy on me
[00:50.01] Yeah, look, this is the city of money and violence
[00:52.15] 'Cause everything we do is gonna come with a challenge
[00:53.69] 'Cause every bitch you fuck is gon' come with a balance (what?)
[00:55.23] Every shooter with me is coming in silence (what?)
[00:56.79] And you niggas better pick a side (better pick a side)
[00:58.86] You niggas side hoppin' (you niggas side hoppin')
[01:00.16] If I want 'em to not let you come into the city, it's my option (baow)
[01:03.22] This is the home of the fly shoppin' (yeah)
[01:05.08] This where the bitches gon' watch pockets (yeah)
[01:06.58] When I'm on TV, I gotta look good
[01:08.50] 'Cause I know the whole block watchin'
[01:09.71] If you chill with the opps, we is not vibin'
[01:11.21] If I see 'em in person, we Fox 5 'em
[01:12.83] Yeah, the police was on us, we not stoppin'
[01:14.49] (Yeah, the police was on us, we not stoppin', no)
[01:16.27] This is the town of the big drip (big drip)
[01:18.03] Smooth talk (smooth talk, ha)
[01:19.33] Milly Rock (Milly Rock), Shmoney Dance (Shmoney Dance), Woo Walk (Woo)
[01:22.75] You will not survive being too soft (no)
[01:24.20] Been a long time, we took a new loss (no)
[01:25.61] Shooters shootin' 'til we got a new corpse (baow)
[01:27.04] If we stuck then we lettin' it cool off (baow, boom)
[01:29.31] New York City, please go easy on me tonight
[01:35.84] New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
[01:41.63] 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another
[01:48.47] New York City, please go easy on me
[01:54.61] We went off the grid (what?)
[01:56.24] We ain't watch the throne, we took it
[01:57.83] We went viral on 'em, they lookin'
[01:59.34] It's a Sunday Service in Brooklyn (what?)
[02:01.11] It's the city that come with the lights
[02:02.75] I'm with the drillers that come with the night
[02:04.39] They ain't do four years in college
[02:05.61] But they'll do 25 to life
[02:07.28] We make money every night (what?)
[02:09.08] Never too big of a price (what?)
[02:10.56] After I buy the Chicago Bulls (what?)
[02:12.45] I'ma go and link with Mike (what?)
[02:13.80] And if I let 'em have my wife, niggas should thank me
[02:17.04] With this Balenciaga and Balenci' boots and a new blue Yankee
[02:20.21] This is Ye, I'm so focused, throw on a mask, no COVID
[02:23.20] I'ma turn your life to a meme, let Justin LaBoy post it
[02:26.55] You got an album, postpone it
[02:28.32] I drop two and they both going
[02:29.83] I got a feeling they in they feelings
[02:31.44] They filmin' a show, but won't show it
[02:32.79] You gotta watch me in slow motion, I'm in that wide-body Benz
[02:36.34] I go back to college, do an album and then drop out again
[02:39.28] It took a minute to get here, my vision is crystal clear
[02:42.45] Ayy, Fivi', excuse me, but this the feature of the year
[02:45.54] I feel like Sinatra in these streets, me and Drizzy, we at peace
[02:48.10] This the backpack with the Polo and the first Jesus piece
[02:51.99] I'm from the Chi' but I'm always New York
[02:54.05] In the city, they treat me like Jesus is walkin'
[02:55.54] I been through the pain and all of the torment
[02:57.11] I'm sayin' His name, I make it important (what?)
[02:58.73] Now it's time to give 'em hell
[03:00.26] Ask my staff, I pay 'em well
[03:01.86] This afternoon, a hundred goons pullin' up to SNL (what?)
[03:05.26] When I pull up, it's dead on arrival
[03:06.80] They act like they love you, they don't even like you
[03:08.16] They throw a party, won't even invite you
[03:09.70] I seen the same thing happen to Michael
[03:11.40] You Black and you rich, they sayin' you psycho (what?)
[03:13.86] It's like a cycle
[03:14.68] If you text me anything hype, you better text back and say it's a typo
[03:17.87] The city of Gods, no city is like you
[03:20.72] This the new New York, Ye is the goat
[03:22.52] Fivi' is viral and this is the BIBLE (what?)
[03:24.47] New York City, please go easy on me tonight (what the fuck? The fuck?)
[03:30.76] (What, the fuck?) New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine
[03:36.95] 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another
[03:43.76] New York City, please go easy on me
[03:49.71] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy
[03:56.06] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy
[04:02.59] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy
[04:09.36] New York City, please go easy on me
[04:15.15]
From the album: B.I.B.L.E.
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Through the Fire (feat. Quavo) by Fivio Foreign , Quavo , -
Magic City (feat. Quavo) by Fivio Foreign , Quavo , -
City of Gods by Fivio Foreign , Kanye West , Alicia Keys , -
What’s My Name (with Queen Naija & Coi Leray) by Fivio Foreign , Queen Naija , Coi Leray , -
For Nothin by Fivio Foreign , -
Hello (feat. Chlöe & KayCyy) by Fivio Foreign , Chlöe , KayCyy , -
Confidence (feat. A$AP Rocky) by Fivio Foreign , A$AP Rocky , -
Slime Them (feat. Lil Yachty) by Fivio Foreign , Lil Yachty , -
Feel My Struggle by Fivio Foreign , -
World Watching (feat. Lil Tjay & Yung Bleu) by Fivio Foreign , Lil Tjay , Yung Bleu , -
B.I.B.L.E. Talk (feat. DJ Khaled) by Fivio Foreign , DJ Khaled , -
Changed On Me (feat. Vory & Polo G) by Fivio Foreign , Vory , Polo G , -
Left Side (feat. Blueface) by Fivio Foreign , Blueface , -
Love Songs (feat. Ne-Yo) by Fivio Foreign , Ne-Yo , -
Whoever by Fivio Foreign , -
Can't Be Us by Fivio Foreign , -
Paris to Tokyo by Fivio Foreign , The Kid LAROI ,