Artist: Frank Ocean Album: The Lonny Breaux Collection Song: The City Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [Frank Ocean] Give me my power {*4X*} I built this city Got plenty concrete, plenty steel Please gimme my trees give 'em back Please give me mine Give me tourists, give me traffic Give me noise, just give it back Could you bring back all my police, give me order Turn back on my lights, give me fuel and water I think I'm beggin, cause now that everything's gone I'm needin mine, I'm needin mine, with [Chorus 1] The streets all dark, It looks like my building's are gone I made you the mayor of my town honey And I'm why you are the Senate representative I gave you the key to my city Gave you, power over, power over me Give it to me, give it back to me The city belongs to me The city is ours no more [Frank Ocean] Tell the government, please give me funding Can't you see that I'm doin bad? Give me floodgates, give me levees Too much water, can you push it back? How you just gon' leave me out of of order I ain't got no lights and no fuel to start up I know I'm beggin, cause now that everything's dried up I'm needin mine, I'm needin mine, and [Chorus 2] With the streets all dark, the buildings look lost I made you the mayor of my town honey And I'm why you are the Senate representative I gave you the key to my city Gave you, power over, power over me Give it to me, give it back to me The city belongs to me The city is ours no more [Frank Ocean] We used to be sky high Ohhh, we used to be major, yeah We used to be sky high We used to be major baby major [Outro] Give it to me, give it back to me The city is mine baby, this whole city is mine, the city is mine honey Give it to me, give it back to me The city is mine oh baby, the city is mine, the city is mine Now give it to me, give it back to me The city belongs to me, the city is ours no more {*fades*}